Force-rendering of empty row in RichFaces'dataTable?

[tonylmai]

Hello,

I have a need to render an exact count of rows when using RichFaces' dataTable. I.e. I have a table of 5 columns by 5 rows. Each column is represented by a RichFaces' dataTable. I need the rich:dataTable to render exactly 5 rows in each column even when the data model (representing the column) contains less than 5 data set. They can be empty cells.

Can this be done using RichFaces' dataTable?

Thanks
-tony

[sergeysmirnov]

so, why using 'rows' attribute is not Ok for you?

[tonylmai]

I do have row="5" in the attributes and if there're only 2 data set, two rows would be rendered only.

Here is my code

<rich:dataTable rows="5"
 value="#{wc}" var="t" >
 <rich:column>
 ...
 </rich:column>
 <rich:column rendered="t != null">
 Blank row
 </rich:column>

Any idea how to get around this problem SergeySmirnov?

Thanks
-tony

[tonylmai]

I populated the list with "empty (non null)" data set up to the number of rows I needed. That seems to solve the problem for now.

Thanks
-tony