Datalist retreiving values programatically

[SandpointGuy]

Im maintaining an app with a DataList, the first time Ive used this control.
A single row is retrieved from the database and formatted on the screen using
<%# Convert.ToString(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "<name of
column>")) %>
statements in the .aspx (no controls such as button, etc)
My problem is that I dont know how to go back into the datalist and retrieve
one of the values in the codebehind.
Thanks.

 

[Eliyahu Goldin]

This literal content will be represented by an instance of the
DataBoundLiteralControl class. Once you have a reference to the item, you
can read the text as

(item.Controls[0] as DataBoundLiteralControl).Text

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
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