Repeater - Conditional Binding

[Mick Walker]

Hi Everyone,

I am binding my repeater from a Paged Data source I populate in my code
behind.

I am wondering How do I set some default text if a value is null (or a
empty string)

I am currently using the format:

<tr class="RowStyle">
<td style="width: 100px">
Age:
</td>
<td style="width: 100px">
<%#Eval("Age").ToString() %>
</td>
<tr/>

So if the age field is blank or null, I would like to display some
default text such as "None Specified"

Regards
Mick

 

[Lloyd Sheen]

Hi Everyone,

I am binding my repeater from a Paged Data source I populate in my code
behind.

I am wondering How do I set some default text if a value is null (or a
empty string)

I am currently using the format:

<tr class="RowStyle">
<td style="width: 100px">
Age:
</td>
<td style="width: 100px">
<%#Eval("Age").ToString() %>
</td>
<tr/>

So if the age field is blank or null, I would like to display some default
text such as "None Specified"

Regards
Mick
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One way to do this is to handle the ItemDataBound event. This will give you
a chance to put whatever value you want as the text if the age is blank or
null. Check the information passed to the event in the "ByVal e As
System.Web.UI.WebControls.RepeaterItemEventArgs" which will give you access
to the controls and to the data item that is being bound.

Hope this helps
Lloyd Sheen

 

[bruce barker]

<%# (Eval("Age") ?? "Unknown Age").ToString() %>


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