Datalist inside a datalist

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ASP.NET

Hi All,

How i can get access to controls inside the 2nd datalist before the 1st datalist is not bind to any dataset?

datalist1
itemtemplate
controls
datalist2
itemtemplate
controls
/itemtemplate
/datalist2
/itemtemplate
/datalist1

I am using datalist inside another datalist. i want access to controls of datalist2 before the datalist1 is bind with some data.

I have used
label txtcount=(label)datalist2.items[i].findcontrol("lblcountval");

But error is index can't be nonzero or more than items in container

label txtcount=(label)datalist2.findcontrol("lblcountval");

This gives error object reference can't be set to instance of object..

please suggest something..

Thanks in Advance.