Question

I have a page (default.aspx) with a Repeater fetching data from my database, this is the layout for the Repeater:

default.aspx:

<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1" runat="server" NavigateUrl='<%# Eval("Id","~/fullpost.aspx?Id={0}") %>'><asp:Literal ID="LitTitle" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Title") %>'></asp:Literal></asp:HyperLink>
                            <br />
                            <span class="textSum">
                                <asp:Literal ID="LitSummary" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Summary") %>'></asp:Literal></span>
                            <span class="dateTime">
                                <asp:Literal ID="Literal1" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("CreateDateTime") %>'></asp:Literal></span>

Notice the hyperlink now, it directs to fullpost.aspx, On this page I want to display only that one item I clicked (the URL is being pointed right, it goes to fullpost.aspx?Id=IdNumber), so I tried the following:

fullpost.aspx:

<asp:Literal ID="Literal1" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Title") %>'></asp:Literal>
        <asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server" 
            ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:orangefreshConnectionString1 %>" 
            SelectCommand="SELECT [Id], [Title], [Summary], [Body], [CreateDateTime] FROM [Post] WHERE ([Id] = @Id)">
            <SelectParameters>
                <asp:QueryStringParameter Name="Id" QueryStringField="Id" Type="Int32" />
            </SelectParameters>
        </asp:SqlDataSource>

But my literal is not displaying the Title as I want it to, nothing shows up. What exactly am I doing wrong here?

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After adding the data bound control:

 <asp:FormView ID="FormView1" runat="server" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1">
        <asp:Literal runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Title") %>'></asp:Literal>
    </asp:FormView>

I’m now getting:
Parser Error Message: Type ‘System.Web.UI.WebControls.FormView’ does not have a public property named ‘Literal’.

Answer 1

Literal1 on fullpost.aspx is not inside a data bound control to get its data from the SqlDataSource. Put it inside something like a FormView with it’s data source set to SqlDataSource1.

EDIT example FormView

The FormView contains a tag called <ItemTemplate> which contains the controls you want to display. NOTE: If you use an IDE like Visual Web Developer, it will automatically create the correct tag structure for you.

<asp:FormView ID="FormView1" runat="server" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1">
    <ItemTemplate>
        <asp:Literal runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Title") %>' />
    </ItemTemplate>
</asp:FormView>