Passing value into DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Property")

[Tom Lee]

Hi all,
I have the following problem and I cannot solve it. If
anyone can help me solve this problem.
I use the following code
<%#DataBinder.E val(Container.D ataItem, "Property") %>
to display Property from database. How do I dynamically
change the value "Property" to another one say "Name" to
display the Name from database or to any other variable
that I want.
Thanks.

[lostinet]

Re: Passing value into DataBinder.Eval (Container.Data Item, &quot;Property& quot;)

<%#DataBinder.E val(Container.D ataItem,
DataBinder.Eval (Container.Data Item,"PropertyN ame","{0}")
)%>

"Tom Lee" <anonymous@disc ussions.microso ft.com> ????
news:054c01c3bd d9$cc2956c0$a10 1280a@phx.gbl.. .[color=blue]
> Hi all,
> I have the following problem and I cannot solve it. If
> anyone can help me solve this problem.
> I use the following code
> <%#DataBinder.E val(Container.D ataItem, "Property") %>
> to display Property from database. How do I dynamically
> change the value "Property" to another one say "Name" to
> display the Name from database or to any other variable
> that I want.
> Thanks.[/color]

[Chris Carter]

Re: Passing value into DataBinder.Eval (Container.Data Item, &quot;Property& quot;)

Define a function and bind to that(assume your datasource is a DataView):

public string GetDynamicValue (object dataItem)
{
DataRowView drv = dataItem As DataRowView;
string fieldValue = "N/A";
string fieldToReturn = "";
if (somecondition)
{
fieldToReturn = "LastName";
}
else
{
fieldToReturn = "FirstName" ;
}
if (drv != null)
{
fieldValue = drv[fieldToReturn].ToString();
}
return fieldValue;
}

then in your script:

<%# GetDynamicValue ( Container.DataI tem ) %>

if you're not sure what type your DataItem is, you can start with this:

public string GetDynamicValue ( object dataItem )
{
return dataItem.ToStri ng();
}

-chris
"Tom Lee" <anonymous@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in message
news:054c01c3bd d9$cc2956c0$a10 1280a@phx.gbl.. .[color=blue]
> Hi all,
> I have the following problem and I cannot solve it. If
> anyone can help me solve this problem.
> I use the following code
> <%#DataBinder.E val(Container.D ataItem, "Property") %>
> to display Property from database. How do I dynamically
> change the value "Property" to another one say "Name" to
> display the Name from database or to any other variable
> that I want.
> Thanks.[/color]