Link does not print properly

[Sl1ver]

currently I have this text

sData +=    "<tr> \n" +
                            "<td> \n" +
                            "<a href=\"title.aspx?titleid= "+dr["inttitleId"].ToString() + ">" + dr["vcTitleName"].ToString() + "</a> \n" + " (" + dr["vcCertificate"].ToString() + ") " + dr["intyear"].ToString() + "<br /><br />\n" +
                            "Starring: " + dr["actor"].ToString() + "<br /><br />\n" +
                            "some text for testing purposes <br />\n" +
                            "</td> \n" +
                            "</tr> \n";

Now if that link is not a link(when i remove the code) it prints fine and even with the link it prints fine.

BUT it basically send me to the page with everything including all the text after the link even though I closed the a tag. What am I doing wrong?

[Frinavale]

When the page is displayed in the browser, right click on it and view the code. Look for the link... you've probably got invalid HTML in there somewhere.

To avoid problems like this you should use ASP.NET controls like the GridView, or Repeater. You can add links, text, etc. into to these controls by binding to data in a "Data Source" that you provide to them.

You do not have to generate HTML in your C# (or VB.NET) server-side code in ASP.NET



-Frinny

[Sl1ver]

Thanx for the advice, do you perhaps know of a good tutorial on how to use a repeater with paging capabilities?

[Frinavale]

Check out the MSDN documentation on the Repeater class. There are walkthroughs in the article (scroll down past all of the properties, methods, and event documentation links to find them).

-Frinny

[Sl1ver]

Thanx, I have already implemented a repeater and it works so much better from a HTML point of view.

[Frinavale]

Yeah they're pretty cool :)