<apex:dataTable > :

This component is used to display list of records in the vf page .

1. It can display 1000 records in the VF page
2. This will display the data in column wise .
3. No standard salesforce look and feel and CSS is applied
Attributes :
1.align
: The position of the rendered HTML table with respect t
o the page. Possible values include "left", "center", or "right".
If left unspecified, this value defaults to "left".
2.bgcolor

: This is text value that indicats the backgroud

color of dataTable

3.border

: This is a integer value which indicates the with

of the frame border in pixels

4.captionClass : This is the style class name which should be

applied on the capiton of dataTable
5.captionStyle : If you want to define inline styles for the
caption we can use this attibute
6.cellpadding

: The amount of space between the border of each

table cell and its contents.

7.cellspacing

: The amount of space between the border of each

table cell and the border of the other cells surroundi
ng it and/or the table's edge
8.columnClasses : This is the name of the style class that is
applied on the columns of the dataTable
9.columns

: This is a integer value which indicates no of

columns that should be displayed per row.

10.columnsWidth : This will give list of values which will specify

width of every column in the row
11.dir

: This is a text value which will specify how the

content of dataTable is displayed

12.first

: This will integer value which will specify form

which row in the list of records we have start display

ing
13.footerClass : This is the name of the style class that should be
applied on the footer of the dataTable
14.frame

: The borders drawn for this table. Possible values incl

ude
"none", "above", "below", "hsides", "vsides", "lhs", "
rhs", "box", and "border".

15.headerClass : This is the name of the style class that should be

applied on the header of the dataTable
16.rendered

: This is a boolean value if set to true content

of the component is displayed

17.rowClasses

: This is the name of the style class that should be

applied on the rows of the dataTable

18.rows

: This is a integer value which will indicate how

many rows should be displayed in the dataTable

19.rules

: The borders drawn between cells in the table.

Possible values include "none", "groups", "rows", "col
s", and "all". If not specified,
20.style

: If we want to apply any Inline css on the dataTable

we use this

21.styleClass

: This is the name of the style class that should be

applied on the dataTable

22.title

: When we keep a cursor tip on the dataTabl small

pop with this name will be displayed

23.value

: This is a object which contains the list of

records

24.var

: This is a cursor variable which will start from

first record and moves till the last record

25.width

: This will specify the width of the dataTable

Example :
<apex:page standardController="Account" recordSetVar="items">
<apex:pageBlock title="DataTable">
<apex:dataTable value="{!items}" var="a">
<apex:column value="{!a.name}" />
<apex:column value="{!a.industry}" />
<apex:column value="{!a.phone}" />
<apex:column value="{!a.type}" />
</apex:dataTable>
</apex:pageBlock>
<apex:pageBlock title="DataTable">
<apex:dataTable value="{!items}" var="a" rules="cols">
<apex:column value="{!a.name}" />
<apex:column value="{!a.industry}" />
<apex:column value="{!a.phone}" />
<apex:column value="{!a.type}" />
</apex:dataTable>
</apex:pageBlock>
<apex:pageBlock title="DataTable">
<apex:dataTable value="{!items}" var="a" rules="rows">
<apex:column value="{!a.name}" />
<apex:column value="{!a.industry}" />
<apex:column value="{!a.phone}" />
<apex:column value="{!a.type}" />
</apex:dataTable>
</apex:pageBlock>

<apex:pageBlock title="DataTable">
<apex:dataTable value="{!items}" var="a" rules="all">
<apex:column value="{!a.name}" />
<apex:column value="{!a.industry}" />
<apex:column value="{!a.phone}" />
<apex:column value="{!a.type}" />
</apex:dataTable>
</apex:pageBlock>
<apex:pageBlock title="DataTable">
<apex:dataTable value="{!items}" var="a" frame="box">
<apex:column value="{!a.name}" />
<apex:column value="{!a.industry}" />
<apex:column value="{!a.phone}" />
<apex:column value="{!a.type}" />
</apex:dataTable>
</apex:pageBlock>
<apex:pageBlock title="DataTable">
<apex:dataTable value="{!items}" var="a" frame="hsides">
<apex:column value="{!a.name}" />
<apex:column value="{!a.industry}" />
<apex:column value="{!a.phone}" />
<apex:column value="{!a.type}" />
</apex:dataTable>
</apex:pageBlock>
<apex:pageBlock title="DataTable">
<apex:dataTable value="{!items}" var="a" frame="vsides">
<apex:column value="{!a.name}" />
<apex:column value="{!a.industry}" />
<apex:column value="{!a.phone}" />
<apex:column value="{!a.type}" />
</apex:dataTable>
</apex:pageBlock>
<apex:pageBlock title="DataTable">
<apex:dataTable value="{!items}" var="a" border="2" bgcolor="yellow">
<apex:column value="{!a.name}" />
<apex:column value="{!a.industry}" />
<apex:column value="{!a.phone}" />
<apex:column value="{!a.type}" />
</apex:dataTable>
</apex:pageBlock>
<apex:pageBlock title="DataTable">
<apex:dataTable value="{!items}" var="a" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="2
0" border="1" >
<apex:column value="{!a.name}" />
<apex:column value="{!a.industry}" />
<apex:column value="{!a.phone}" />
<apex:column value="{!a.type}" />
</apex:dataTable>
</apex:pageBlock>
</apex:page>