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<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<script runat="server">

    public string FormatTitle(Object title)
    {
        return "<b>" + title.ToString().ToUpper() + "</b>";
    }

</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>Format Default Titles</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>

    <asp:Repeater
        id="Repeater1"
        DataSourceId="srcDefaults"
        Runat="server">
        <ItemTemplate>
        <%# FormatTitle(Eval("Title")) %>
        <hr />
        </ItemTemplate>
    </asp:Repeater>


    <asp:SqlDataSource
        id="srcDefaults"
        ConnectionString="Data Source=.\SQLExpress;
            AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|MyDatabase.mdf;
            Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True"
        SelectCommand="SELECT Title FROM Defaults"
        Runat="server" />

    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>








19.7.DataBinding Expressions
19.7.1.Understanding Templates and DataBinding Expressions
19.7.2.A template can contain other controls
19.7.3.Call other methods than the Eval() method in a DataBinding expression
19.7.4.Single value binding
19.7.5.Repeated Value Binding