Hi RAB,
Assuming you know what row you are getting the value from, you can use the
code below.
Let us know if this helps?
Ken
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
<%@ page language="VB" %>
<%@ import namespace="system.data" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
Private Sub Page_Load _
(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
' From Ken Cox Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
' Create a dataset
Dim ds As New DataSet
' Add a table to the dataset
ds.Tables.Add(CreateDataSource())
Dim MyInt As Integer
MyInt = DataBinder.Eval(ds, _
"Tables(0).DefaultView(0).AnIntegerValue")
' Bind everything on the page
Page.DataBind()
Response.Write(MyInt.ToString)
End Sub
Function CreateDataSource() As Data.DataTable
Dim dt As New Data.DataTable
Dim dr As Data.DataRow
dt.Columns.Add(New Data.DataColumn _
("AnIntegerValue", GetType(Int32)))
dt.Columns.Add(New Data.DataColumn _
("StringValue", GetType(String)))
dt.Columns.Add(New Data.DataColumn _
("CurrencyValue", GetType(Double)))
dt.Columns.Add(New Data.DataColumn _
("Boolean", GetType(Boolean)))
Dim i As Integer
For i = 5 To 15
dr = dt.NewRow()
dr(0) = i
dr(1) = "Item " + i.ToString()
dr(2) = 1.23 * (i + 1)
dr(3) = (i = 4)
dt.Rows.Add(dr)
Next i
Return dt
End Function
</script>
<html xmlns="
http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
<title>Bind to a Variable</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
