Parse Error on Chapter 14 pg 523

hozdaman · August 10th, 2011, 12:50 PM

Hi I keep getting this error message in the last tryitout in Chapter 14. I cant figure out what the issue is. Please help. Thanks

Server Error in '/Site' Application.
Parser Error
Description: An error occurred during the parsing of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific parse error details and modify your source file appropriately.

Parser Error Message: The server tag is not well formed.

Source Error:

Line 17: <asp:Image ID="Image1" runat="server" ImageUrl='<%# Eval("ImageUrl") %>'
Line 18: ToolTip='<%# Eval("ToolTip") %>' />
Line 19: <asp:Label ID="DescriptionLabel" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval('Description') %>' />
Line 20: </li>
Line 21: </ItemTemplate>

Imar · August 10th, 2011, 01:17 PM

Hi there,

Take a look at this:

Code:

 
Text='<%# Eval('Description') %>' />

Description should be enclosed with double quotes, not single quotes.

Cheers,

Imar

hozdaman · August 10th, 2011, 02:16 PM

I see it now, thanks. Can you explain a little more why we need doubke quotes instead of single quotes. Thansk.

Imar · August 10th, 2011, 02:35 PM

It's because the value for the Text property already uses single quotes. If you use single quotes for the Description as well, the compiler thinks the Text property ends where it encounters the first sigle property. E.g. you end up with:

Code:

Text='<%# Eval('

followed by a meaningless:

Code:

Description') %>' />

Hope this helps,

Imar