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Multi Level Repeater Nesting

I have an issue whereby I want to be able to create nested repeaters (as many as I want). The problem I am having at the moment is that I can create a relationship between two fine but when it comes to creating a relationship to another table (a third) I get the following error:

System.ArgumentException: These columns don't currently have unique values.

The error relates to my level2and3 relation. What I need to happen is this:

1) The parent (level1) repeater lists its information
2) The level2 table displays its data which is related to the level 1 id
3) The level3 table displays its data which is related to the level 2 id

so data is passed down:

Level1  --->  level 2 (related by level1.id->level2.level1_id)  --->  level3 (related by level2.id->level3.level2_id)

I can't work out how to do this at all. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I am working in VB.NET

Dim cmd1 As New SqlDataAdapter("select * from products_level1 WHERE (id = 1)", ConnectionString())
 
Dim ds As New DataSet()
cmd1.Fill(ds, "products_level1")
 
Dim cmd2 As New SqlDataAdapter("select products_level2.title, products_level1.id, products_level2.level1_id from products_level2, products_level1 where (products_level2.level1_id = products_level1.id)", ConnectionString())
cmd2.Fill(ds, "products_level2")
 
Dim cmd3 As New SqlDataAdapter("select products_level3.title, products_level2.id, products_level3.level2_id from products_level3, products_level2 where (products_level3.level2_id = products_level2.id)", ConnectionString())
cmd3.Fill(ds, "products_level3")
 
ds.Relations.Add("level1and2", ds.Tables("products_level1").Columns("id"), ds.Tables("products_level2").Columns("level1_id"))
 
ds.Relations.Add("level2and3", ds.Tables("products_level3").Columns("level2_id"), ds.Tables("products_level2").Columns("id"))
 
Level1.DataSource = ds.Tables("products_level1")
Page.DataBind()
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Data" %>
 
<asp:Repeater ID="Level1" runat="server">
<ItemTemplate>
<%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "title")%>
 
<asp:Repeater ID="Level2" 
DataSource='<%# Ctype(Container.Dataitem,DataRowView).Row.GetChildRows("level1and2")%>' runat="server">
<ItemTemplate>
 
<%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "(title)")%>
 
 
<asp:Repeater ID="Level3" 
DataSource='<%# Ctype(Container.Dataitem,DataRowView).Row.GetChildRows("level2and3")%>' runat="server">
<ItemTemplate>
 
<%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "(title)")%>
 
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>
 
 
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>
            
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>
 
 
 
 
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>

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Cant you use Inner Join for that purpose?
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