Question

I have the following setup in my application and I’m having some difficulties passing values my user control.

ASPX

<% 
       var posts = this.getPosts();

       foreach (var post in posts)
       { %>
            <asp:TextBox runat="server" Text="<%: post.post_id %>" />
<% } %>

CS

DataClassesDataContext db = new DataClassesDataContext();

    public Post[] getPosts(int offset = 0, int lenght = 10)
    {
        var resultSet = db.Posts.OrderBy(x => x.date).Skip(offset).Take(lenght).ToArray();

        return resultSet;
    }

    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        DataBind();
    }

The TextBox value on page load is “<% post.post_id %>”. I even tried using the <%# post.post_id %> tag but that gives an error – “The name ‘post’ does not exist in the current context”.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

I would suggest moving to a repeater control instead of using in-line C# in your markup code. Alternatively, you might try using Eval (although, not sure it would apply here):

<asp:TextBox runat="server" Text="<%# Eval("post.post_id") %>" />