Question

I like to do a conditional bind as the Bind() value may be null in which case I like to default it to the appropriate value.

The name ‘Bind’ does not exist in the current context

How can this be solved?

           <EditItemTemplate>               
             <asp:DropDownList ID="ddlTimeZone" runat="server" DataSource='<%# TimeZoneInfo.GetZones().Select(s => s.Id) %>'
             SelectedValue='<%# Eval("TimeZone") != null ? Bind("TimeZone") : "" %>'>                
                <asp:ListItem Text="" Value=""/>
             </asp:DropDownList>                
          </EditItemTemplate>

Answer 1

Try

<%# Eval("TimeZone") != null ? Eval("TimeZone") : "" %>

A more elegant solution (assuming C#) is

<%# Eval("TimeZone") ?? "" %>