I’m new to ASP.NET MVC. I’ve seen both <%= … %> and <%: … %>. I’m familiar with the first from classic ASP days, but not the latter. What is the difference between the two?
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I’m new to ASP.NET MVC. I’ve seen both <%= … %> and <%: … %>. I’m familiar with the first from classic ASP days, but not the latter. What is the difference between the two?
Using <%: tells ASP.NET 4.0 to perform a Server.HtmlEncode() on the value being displayed.
Whereas using <%=, it is up to the developer to use Server.HtmlEncode().
Note HtmlEncode() helps void cross-scripting attacks.
For more info, see ScottGu’s post here.