Question

I am helping my daughter build an asp.net website that has an Access database. We are using a DataList with a couple fields inside the ItemTemplate. The one that is giving me trouble is the Hyperlink. The code is below. When the page loads the hyperlink renders like this:

 <a id="ContentPlaceHolder1_DataList1_lnk_6" href="#http://www.washingtonfaire.com/#" target="_blank">Washington Midsummer Renaissance Faire</a>

But when I click on the link, it tries to navigate to “http://localhost:1852/BOOMPiratesB/Raids.aspx#http://www.washingtonfaire.com/#”

What are we doing wrong?

Here is our code.

<asp:DataList ID="DataList1" runat="server" DataSourceID="AccessDataSource1"> 
        <ItemTemplate> 
                  <asp:HyperLink id="lnk" runat="server" NavigateUrl='<%# Eval("Link") %>' Target="_blank" Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "VenueName")%>'> 
                  </asp:HyperLink> 

                  <br /> 
            <asp:Label ID="DateTextLabel" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("DateText") %>' /> 
            <br /> 
            <asp:Label ID="CityStateLabel" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("CityState") %>' /> 
            <br /> 
<br /> 
        </ItemTemplate> 
    </asp:DataList> 
    <asp:AccessDataSource ID="AccessDataSource1" runat="server"  
        DataFile="~/App_Data/my.mdb"  
        SelectCommand="SELECT [VenueName], [Link], [DateText], [Season], [DateStart], [CityState] FROM [qpgRaid]"> 
    </asp:AccessDataSource>

I cannot see where the extra # signs are coming from. They don’t appear to be in the field in the table.

It’s very puzzling. And insight would be most appreciated.

Answer 1

Have a look at this question

I guess you are using an access hyperlink column to store the link. If you convert it to a text column it should start working fine, or you may have to strip the ‘#’s manually.