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jncraig
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07/27/2007 1:57 PM
I hope that this isn't too off of the mark ... I'm trying to use a DataGrid control to build a list of hyperlinks. I build the hyperlinks with an SQL query to a table, and I get this as a result: oops ... when I paste this in ... the table gets converted to links ... The table has rows of the form: [bracket]a href="/community/allforums /tabid/54/view/topics/forumid/253/Default.aspx"[bracket] BAC [bracket]/a[bracket] The datagrid shows the text including the opening and closing brackets. What I want to have happen is for the text in the datagrid to be rendered as hyperlinks. Is there a way to do this?

John Mitchell
Posts:3276

07/27/2007 2:31 PM
Hi Joe, I'm not sure I understand the question, but you may want to use a repeater instead of a DataGrid. Here is one example of using a repeater for a list of links: http://www.aspcode.net/ASPNET-repeater-control-databind-with-style.aspx

John Mitchell
Posts:3276

07/27/2007 2:35 PM
Looking closer, that example doesn't show exactly how to get the link in the list. What you need to do is just like the Text part though, use a DataBind syntax to include a Url from your DataSource: asp:HyperLink id="hlEdit" runat="server" NavigateUrl="<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "SiteLink") %>" Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "SiteName") %>'

jncraig
Posts:79

07/27/2007 6:29 PM
Thanks. That's close enough to what I was trying to do that I can work with it.

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