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    <p>I'm working through examples in a book trying to learn ASP.NET, and I've stumbled on something strange in there. First of all, if I type it as it's written in the book, VS gives me errors. This is the code as it's written in the book:</p> <pre><code> &lt;asp:DataList ID="employeesList" runat="server"&gt; &lt;ItemTemplate&gt; &lt;asp:Literal ID="extraDetailsLiteral" runat="server" EnableViewState="false" /&gt; Name: &lt;strong&gt;&lt;%#Eval("Name") %&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Username: &lt;strong&gt;&lt;%#Eval("Username") %&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;asp:LinkButton ID="detailsButton" runat="server" Text=&lt;%#"View more details about " + Eval("Name")%&gt; CommandName="MoreDetailsPlease" CommandArgument=&lt;%#Eval("EmployeeID")%&gt; /&gt; &lt;/ItemTemplate&gt; &lt;SeparatorTemplate&gt; &lt;hr /&gt; &lt;/SeparatorTemplate&gt; &lt;/asp:DataList&gt; </code></pre> <p>So, I've plucked at it for a while, and came up with this solution which actually compiles:</p> <pre><code> &lt;asp:DataList ID="employeesList" runat="server" onitemcommand="employeesList_ItemCommand"&gt; &lt;ItemTemplate&gt; &lt;asp:Literal ID="extraDetailsLiteral" runat="server" EnableViewState="false" /&gt; Name: &lt;strong&gt;&lt;%#Eval("Name") %&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Username: &lt;strong&gt;&lt;%#Eval("Username") %&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;asp:LinkButton ID="detailsButton" runat="server" Text='View more details about &lt;%# Eval("Name") %&gt;' CommandName="MoreDetailsPlease" CommandArgument='&lt;%Eval("EmployeeID") %&gt;' /&gt; &lt;/ItemTemplate&gt; &lt;SeparatorTemplate&gt; &lt;hr /&gt; &lt;/SeparatorTemplate&gt; &lt;/asp:DataList&gt; </code></pre> <p>Notice that I've also added the OnItemCommand in the asp:DataList tag, so now I'm able to fire the event as expected.</p> <p>However, results in the browser isn't what I expect; the Name and Username listed in <strong>strong text</strong> show just fine, but the Literal control that should show extra details (the EmployeeID field) and the Name field inside the LinkButton won't show their values in the page:</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_x84bQLYH57A/SgxzygartcI/AAAAAAAAAIY/nhT-6RUJa6o/s144/EmployeeDirectory_notshowing.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">not showing as expected http://lh6.ggpht.com/_x84bQLYH57A/SgxzygartcI/AAAAAAAAAIY/nhT-6RUJa6o/s144/EmployeeDirectory_notshowing.jpg</a></p> <p>It <strong>should</strong> say "EmployeeID: 1" and "View more details about Zak Ruvalcaba"</p> <p>I guess it's the Eval function that's not working when inside another control, can anyone help me out?</p>
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