[Mono-list] Problem with DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "")

[David P. Donahue]

Not sure if this is a Mono thing or a .NET thing in general, but...

Normally, when I want to bind data to a DataList in ASP .NET, I just 
bind it to a DataSet and the HTML code contains things like:
<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Title") %>
This manages to display, for each record, the text contained in the 
field "Title" in the DataSet.

Now, I'm trying to add some more logic to that.  As far as I know, I'd 
need to lose the # in the opening bracket and I can just write code as 
normal.  This code should be in C# if that's what I use in my project, 
right?  My first step before adding any other logic was to simply change 
the above to:
<% Response.Write(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Title")); %>
However, I get an error at runtime saying that the name "Container" 
can't be found in the class.

Is this by design?  Is there another approach I should take?  All I'm 
trying to do is add a simple conditional so, based on the contents of 
one field, it will either display another field or display a default. 
Simple enough.

Any ideas?


Regards,
David P. Donahue
ddonahue at ccs.neu.edu