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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kieran Dundon" <kierandundon@e...>
To: "ASPX_Professional" <aspx_professional@p...>
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 7:41 PM
Subject: [aspx_professional] RE: Datagrid, two fields into one column


> Bob,
>
> I'm very interested in achieving this (2 fields in 1 Column) however I
> can't seem to make any sense of your example, why are you adding a label
> to the page and what does this have to do with the data grid ? Maybe you
> could add the rest of the code for the page and this would give us a bot
> more of an idea what you did.
>
> Thanks
>
> Kieran
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Finally found the solution I was looking for !  The solution is to use a
> > TemplateColumn, with an ItemTemplate and label.  It is actually quite
> easy.
> > Lou, suggested having the sql concatenate the fields, but unfortunately
> I
> > was using a common stored procedue and didn't want to change it, but if
> I
> > hadn't found this solution then changing the sql would have worked.
> Here
> > it is:
> >
> > <asp:TemplateColumn HeaderText="test">
> >  <ItemTemplate>
> >   <asp:Label Runat="server"
> >    text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"lastname") + _
> >     " " + _
> >     DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"firstName") %>'>
> >   </asp:Label>
> >  </ItemTemplate>
> > </asp:TemplateColumn>
> >
> > thanks
> > Bob Horkay
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