Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition

16.2. Single-Value Data Binding

Single-value data binding is really just a different approach to dynamic text. To use it, you add special data binding expressions into your .aspx files. These expressions have the following format:

<%# expression_goes_here %>

This may look like a script block, but it isn't. If you try to write any code inside this tag, you will receive an error. The only thing you can add is a valid data binding expression. For example, if you have a public or protected variable named Country in your page, you could write the following:

<%# Country %>

When you call the DataBind() method for the page, this text will be replaced with the value for Country (for example, Spain). Similarly, you could use a property or a built-in ...