Question

Is there a way to shorten the markup for this repeater? I am binding a DataTable to this repeater. It bothers me because ((System.Data.DataRowView)Container.DataItem) is repetitive and makes the markup less readable especially when you have more fields. I am using .Net 3.5 C# WebForms. MVC is not an option. Thanks.

<asp:Repeater ID="rDefinitions" runat="server">
    <ItemTemplate> 
       <h3><%#((System.Data.DataRowView)Container.DataItem)["Name"]%></h3>           
       <p>Definition:
            <%#((System.Data.DataRowView)Container.DataItem)["Definition"]%>
       </p>
    </ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>

Answer 1

Why not use the simplified data binding statements introduced with ASP.NET 2.0?