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rushirushi 

Diffrence between apex:Datatable and apex:datalist

Can anybody tell me the diffrence between apex:Datatable and apex:datalist?
Prafull G.Prafull G.
As the name suggests, Datatable will generate table and Datalist will generate ordered/unordered list. Please refer documenation for the detail
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.pages.meta/pages/pages_compref_dataTable.htm
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.pages.meta/pages/pages_compref_dataList.htm

Let us know if you are looking for any specific different or implemenation using any one of these.

Cheers!
Terence_ChiuTerence_Chiu
apex:Datatable renders an html table onto the page whereas an order or unordered list onto the page. apex:datalist would render the followig:
  • Item 1
  • Item 2
  • Item 3
Below links will give you an overview of both components:

Datatable : https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.pages.meta/pages/pages_compref_dataTable.htm

Datalist : https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.pages.meta/pages/pages_compref_dataList.htm
Amit Chaudhary 8Amit Chaudhary 8
Apex:dataTable -
An HTML table that is defined by iterating over a set of data, displaying information about one item of data per row. The body of the < apex:dataTable > contains one or more column components that specify what information should be displayed for each item of data. The data set can include up to 1,000 items.

-No need to write inside pageblock or pageblocksection.
-There is no required value.
-The  data can be displayed using  custom style sheets.-
-we need to specify column headers explicitly.

Apex:pageBlockTable – A list of data displayed as a table within either an < apex:pageBlock > or < apex:pageBlockSection > component, similar to a related list or list view in a standard Salesforce page. Like an < apex:dataTable >, an < apex:pageBlockTable > is defined by iterating over a set of data, displaying information about one item of data per row. The set of data can contain up to 1,000 items.The body of the < apex:pageBlockTable > contains one or more column components that specify what information should be displayed for each item of data, similar to a table. Unlike the < apex:dataTable > component, the default styling for < apex:pageBlockTable > matches standard Salesforce styles. Any additional styles specified with < apex:pageBlockTable > attributes are appended to the standard Salesforce styles.


-PageBlockTable should be define inside pageblock or pageblocksection.
-PageBlockTable uses standard styles sheets to design a visualpage.
-It has the  required attribute "value".
-Column headers  will be displayed automatically.


 Apex:repeat – This tag is used as for loop(for list) in apex. You can iterate a list.
-There is no proper alignment of data in repeater compared with DataTable.

apex:dataList
An ordered or unordered list of values that is defined by iterating over a set of data. The body of the <apex:dataList> component specifies how a single item should appear in the list. The data set can include up to 1,000 items
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.pages.meta/pages/pages_compref_dataList.htm

http://www.infallibletechie.com/2013/04/what-is-difference-between-and.html

Please let us know if this will help you

Thanks
Amit Chaudhary