Hello folks,

Quick question. I am trying to concatenate a string and a database value in a form (aspx file). I know how to do this on code behind file in C++ or VB.NET, however, is not working in ASP.NET.

I have the following code of line that assigns the PictureURL database field to the ImageURL property of this image control:

<asp:Image ID="ImageUrl" runat="server" ImageUrl='<%# Eval("PictureURL") %>' />

However, the value of ImageUrl I want is a concatenation of the string "~/Pictures/" and the PictureURL database value.

I thought that the following modified line of code would work but I does not:

<asp:Image ID="ImageUrl" runat="server" ImageUrl='<%string.concat("~/Pictures/",Eval("PictureURL"))%>' />

Can you please advice me on the right way to do this?

I really appreciate your time and support on this.

Regards!

Hi there,

You can use the + (& when using VB) symbol:

asp:Image ID="ImageUrl" runat="server" ImageUrl='<%# "~/Pictures/" + Eval("PictureURL") %>' />

Hope this hellps,

Imar

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That worked! Thanks a lot Imar!