Use Repeater or DataList?

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From: Scott (Scott_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/15/05 

Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:47:02 -0800

I'm trying to display a table of my company's departments in a 3 column
format with alternating row colors. The department names are being pulled
from a database in alphabetical order. I want to order the depts in
alphabetical order going from left to right in columns of 3 like:
 
DeptA DeptB DeptC -- light colored row
DeptD DeptE DeptF -- dark colored row

I've figured out how to get the Depts. to display in the order I need them
to using a DataList, but I'm having trouble getting the rows to alternate
colors. Can I get the DataList to do what I need to or am I better off
looking into using a Repeater?

Any advice/code samples are appreciated. Thanks!

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