What is the difference between “apex:dataTable” and “apex:pageBlockTable” components in Visualforce?

Hi Prachi,

difference between “apex:dataTable” and “apex:pageBlockTable” is as following

PageBlockTable:

• PageBlockTable should be defined inside pageblock or pageblocksection.
• PageBlockTable uses standard styles sheets to design a visual page.
• It has the required attribute “value”.
• Column headers will be displayed automatically.

DataTable:

• No need to write inside page block or pageblocksection.
• There is no required value.
• The data can be displayed using custom style sheets.
• we need to specify column headers explicitly.