hyperlinks in repeater controls

[xavstone]

Hi, im trying to turn some text in a repeater into a hyperlink that sends a primary key to another page in the url.

in php i would just break into the html and pop the field in like:

<a href="article_view.php?=<? echo($articleID); ?>">Link name</a>.... etc etc

Well heres the repeater. The bit in bold is bit i would like to become a link. The variable i want to pass on is called articleID. thanks in advance for any suggestions, ben


<asp:Repeater ID="Repeater1" runat="server" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" OnItemCommand="Repeater1_ItemCommand">
<HeaderTemplate>
<table><tr><td>
<font class="majorHeader">ABC list of articles in library</font></td></tr>
</HeaderTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<tr><td><font class="repeaterHeader"><asp:HyperLink runat="server"><%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "heading") %></asp:HyperLink></font><br /></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td><font class="repeaterAuthor"><%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "author") %>, <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "datewritten") %></font><br /></td></tr>
<tr><td><font class="repeaterDescription"><%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "description") %></font><br /></td></tr>
</ItemTemplate>
<SeparatorTemplate><tr><td><hr /></td></tr></SeparatorTemplate>
<FooterTemplate>
<tr><td><br /><hr /><br /></td></tr></table>
</FooterTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>[/b]
</asp:Content>

 

[whatsthehampton]

Hi,

You can just use a href in this case:-

<a href="YourPage.aspx?articleID=<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "articleID") %>"><%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Heading") %></a>

HTH
j

http://www.bst.ac.jp

 

[xavstone]

omg... i spent hours on that

am i breaking some kind of best practice code by not using the <asp:hyperlink....?

thanks, j

 

[ca8msm]

You can use the HTML anchor tag if you wish. If you want to be able to access it server-side though, you'll have to stick with the HyperLink control (or add runat="server" to your anchor tag). To use the Hyperlink control, you can just set it's NavigateURL property e.g.

 <asp:HyperLink id="hyperlink1" 
                  NavigateUrl=<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "heading") %> 
                  Text="Test" 
                  runat="server"/>

Also, while you're at it, you might want to have a read up on HTML and CSS as there's some pretty awful and outdated HTML in the example you posted.



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[xavstone]

ok im getting the syntax thanks. re: html and css i know i suck at it, i have a guy that redoes that for me when i get the processes down and i suppose i have never really considered high on my agenda, its on the list after c#, asp, javascript, java, ajax, and sql! if im still sane at that point.