Premature databinding in a user control

It happens to us all. You go to bind a data repeater to a user control, but it happens far too soon in the event loading process, and you end up with a repeater that doesn't update until you re-refresh the page.

An example of this not working is as follows:

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load

rptBasket.DataSource = bList
rptBasket.DataBind()

End Sub

The reason this won't work is because the page_load event happens too soon for your repeater to be bound. So use the page_loadcomplete event, right? Wrong. There is no page_loadcomplete event for user controls, so to get your datalist / datarepeater to bind at the right time, you're going to have to use a page_preRender event. It does the same job as the page_loadcomplete event.