Bug in Parsing of <a> Tags?

[Mark Olbert]

Can someone explain why the following tag:

<a href='<%# "abc.aspx" %>'>here to login</a>

renders as:

<a href=' '>here to login</a>

?

The same problem occurs if the "abc.aspx" is replaced by SomeProtectedProperty.ToString().

Is there something special/magical about the href so far as ASPNET2 is concerned?

- Mark

 

[Guest]

Mark,
Your hash ("#") needs to go away.

try this:

<a href='<%= "abc.aspx" %>'>here to login</a>

--Peter

 

[Shimon Sim]

It is not a bug.
you can not use <%# but only for databindings. And syntax would depend on
ASP.NET version.
Shimon.

 

[Mark Olbert]

Your hash ("#") needs to go away.

try this:

<a href='<%= "abc.aspx" %>'>here to login</a>

I don't understand why I can't use the #, which I thought was the databinding syntax, in this situation. I use it all the time for
setting, for example, text properties in asp tags. Does # work only with <asp:...> tags?

- Mark

 

[Yuan Ren[MSFT]]

Hi Mark,

Thanks for posting!

As Peter and Shimon mentioned, for the current issue, the problem is caused
by that the "expression" in the <% # ... %> is not a data-binding
expression but a literal text. Only the data-binding expression in the <% #
... %> can work fine. If you want to use the literal text, please use the
<% = ... %> instead of. The article as below is the definition about the
"Data-Binding Expression Syntax" for your reference:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178366.aspx

I appreciate your understanding and hope the information will be helpful!

Regards,

Yuan Ren [MSFT]
Microsoft Online Support