Question

I’m running the following query:

' Show which halls they are eligible for.
        Dim dbRooms As New pbu_housingEntities
        Dim gender As String = Session("gender").ToString
        Dim hall As String = CStr(Session("hall"))
        Dim selectedRooms = (From sh In dbRooms.Rooms _
                             Where sh.gender = gender _
                             Where sh.current_occupancy < sh.max_occupancy _
                             Where sh.is_available = True _
                             Where sh.building_name = hall _
                             Select sh.room1, actual_available = sh.max_occupancy - sh.current_occupancy
                             )
        rptrRooms.DataSource = selectedRooms
        rptrRooms.DataBind()

Which, as you can see, is bound to a repeater. Now, it contains multiple values and I’d like to display them in a nicely formatted way, pseudo code below:

 <asp:Repeater ID="rptrRooms" runat="server" OnItemCommand="Choose_Room">
  <ItemTemplate>
        <asp:Button ID="btnChooseRoom" runat="server"
        CommandName="<%# Container.DataItem.Room1.ToString %>" Text="<%# Container.DataItem.Room1 %> : Available : <%# Container.DataItem.actual_available %>"
         />
    </ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>

Answer 1

Try this:

Text='<%# String.Format("{0} : Available : {1}", Container.DataItem.Room1, Container.DataItem.actual_available) %>'