Concatenating Data Items 1

[spage7777]

Greetings,

I have the following code in an .aspx web page and am receiving the error: "Compiler Error Message: CS1026: ) expected". I can't see where it is expecting an extra parenthesis. The line of code it fails on is the following:

<asp:Label id=lblName runat="server" Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container,"DataItem.FirstName") + " " + DataBinder.Eval(Container,"DataItem.LastName"); %>'>
</asp:Label>

I'm simply trying to concatenate the first name and last name in a data list. Any ideas as to what I am doing wrong?

Thanks in advance!

 

[jbenson001]

Is this ASP.NET 1.1 or 2.0?

 

[spage7777]

ASP.NET 2.0

 

[jmeckley]

should do the trick.

<asp:Label id=lblName runat="server" Text='<%# string.Format("{0} {1}", Eval("FirstName"), Eval("LastName")) %>' />

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.