Question

This might be quite a strange question since usually people bind only complex types to a gridview. But I need to bind a List of Int (the same is for strings). Usually, as the property to bind one uses the name of the property of the object, but when using a Int or a String, the value is exactly the object itself, not a property.

What is the ‘name’ to get the value of the object? I tried ‘Value’, ” (empty), ‘this’, ‘item’ but no luck.

I’m referring to a gridview in a web form.

Update

There’s a related Stack Overflow question, How to bind a List to a GridView.

Answer 1

<BoundField DataField='!' /> may do the trick (since BoundField.ThisExpression equals ‘!’).