protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { restaurantmenus.restaurant_menus r1 = new restaurantmenus.restaurant_menus(); string main_res = ""; if (Session["main_res"] == null) { Response.Redirect("login.aspx"); } else { main_res = Session["main_res"].ToString(); } ArrayList a = new ArrayList(r1.menu_retrieve(main_res)); ArrayList b = new ArrayList(); b = (ArrayList)a; string[,] data = new string[100, 7]; int iterator = 0; foreach (string c in b) { string[] row = c.Split('^'); data[iterator, 0] = row[0]; data[iterator, 1] = row[1]; data[iterator, 2] = row[2]; data[iterator, 3] = row[3]; data[iterator, 4] = row[4]; data[iterator, 5] = row[5]; data[iterator, 6] = row[6]; iterator++; } DataTable newsDataTable = new DataTable(); // add some columns to our datatable newsDataTable.Columns.Add("itemname"); newsDataTable.Columns.Add("itemprice"); newsDataTable.Columns.Add("itemcategory"); newsDataTable.Columns.Add("itemtype"); newsDataTable.Columns.Add("itempath"); newsDataTable.Columns.Add("itemdesc"); newsDataTable.Columns.Add("itemid"); // adding new rows for (int i = 0; i < iterator; i++) { DataRow newsDataRow = newsDataTable.NewRow(); newsDataRow["itemname"] = data[i, 0]; newsDataRow["itemprice"] = data[i, 1]; newsDataRow["itemcategory"] = data[i, 2]; newsDataRow["itemtype"] = data[i, 3]; newsDataRow["itempath"] = data[i, 4]; newsDataRow["itemdesc"] = data[i, 5]; newsDataRow["itemid"] = data[i, 6]; newsDataTable.Rows.Add(newsDataRow); } // bind our datatable to our repeater menu.DataSource = newsDataTable; menu.DataBind(); }