Storing datalist DataItem in a variable

[marcalo]

Hi
I have a datalist in my page and inside I'm running a query which includes a value of the datalist.
in the datalist I print like this
<# Container.DataItem("CONS_USUARIO") %>

I need to save the previous line in a variable so I can use its value in the query.
I need something like this:
vcons_usuario = Container.DataItem("CONS_USUARIO")
so I can using in the query like this.
strSQL = "SELECT * FROM BAYTER_USUARIO WHERE CONS_USUARIO = " & vcons_usuario

This does not work.
Any siggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Sebastian