How to deal with exceptions in inline code

[Erik Funkenbusch]

Does anyone have any suggestions for how to deal with exceptions in inline
DataBinder code? For example, I want to convert a string to a date type,
but the string may contain non-date strings in rare occasions. This will
throw an invalid cast exception.

Any suggestions?

 

[Mr Newbie]

Do the conversion before the render, and bind to the result.

 

[Jason Kester]

On the .aspx:

<%# YourConversionMethod( DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,
"YourColumn") )%>


and in the CodeBehind:

protected string YourConversionMethod(object item)
{
// cast, do whatever contitional processing you need to,
// and return a string for output.
}


Jason Kester
Expat Software Consulting Services
http://www.expatsoftware.com/