I'm trying to use ado.net with asp.net because binding seems to be very limited. Here is my problem, I want to break apart the dates coming out with DatePart like this:

<% Dim curmonth
curmonth = monthname(datepart("m", #Container.DataItem("Event_date"))) & " " & DatePart("yyyy", #Container.DataItem("Event_date")) %>

With Classic ASP it makes a date like this 1/5/03 look like this:
January 2003.

I'm getting an Expression expected on the curmonth = monthname ... line.

With classic ASP I used rSet("event_date"). What is the equivalent in ASP.NET?

Nevermind, I figured it out.

Here is the shortened code for those beginners like me:

<%#monthname(datepart("m", Container.DataItem("event_date")))%>

Is there a way to code this:

<%#monthname(datepart("m", Container.DataItem("event_date")))%>

into a variable?