What does the rendered table need to do?

If the answer is "it needs to contain "stuff" that the user will click/change, and then more server code will run", then you need to "Render dynamic controls", and should use a server side control to do that. Repeater. DataList. DataGrid.

If the answer is "sit there and look pretty", then you simply output a good old fashioned HTML Table, by using the LiteralControl.

The idea is: drag a PlaceHolder where you want the table to be.

Build a query, run the query, return a SqlDataReader.

Start your table:

PlaceHolder1.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("<table>"));

Read through your datareader, outputting tags and content as you go:

[PHP]while(myDataReader.Read())
{
PlaceHolder1.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("<tr><td>" + myDataReader["myField"].ToString() + "</td></tr>"));
}[/PHP]

And so on.

The central point is, with ASP.NET, you need to forget HTML. Stop thinking of rendering a "table". Instead, use an ASP.NET Server Control. It will render the table.

There are lots of "Repeater control" examples on the web, if you search for them.

Thanks for the info. I have tried with Repeater control and it works. Only thing is, I have an asp:ImageButton Control which OnClick should open a url obtained from database. I am not sure about the exact format to do this. Following is what I am doing:

<asp:Repeater ID="repSpecials" Runat="server">
<ItemTemplate>

<td
<asp:ImageButton ID="ibSpecial" Runat="server" ImageUrl='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "ImageUrl") %>'
OnClick="javascript:OpenSpecialsLink('<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "SpecialsLink") %>'); >

</asp:ImageButton>
</td>
</tr>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>