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System.InvalidOperationException – Eval(), XPath(), or Bind()

by Yugolancer

Posted on February 04, 2016



If you get the following error you are about to get the solution either :)

Databinding methods such as Eval(), XPath(), and Bind() can only be used in the context of a databound control.

Cause:

Usually it happens when you directly call say an Eval() function in the code-behind.

For example, you may have a GridView control with a label inside of the Template column:

<asp: id=" lblDescription " runat=" server " text="< %# Eval('Description') % >"></asp:>

 

Then for some reason you decide to move that to the code-behind AS IS so you say:


Dim lblDescription As Label = CType(e.Item.FindControl("lblDescription"), Label)
lblDescription.Text = Eval("Description").ToString()

Your project will compile but as soon as you try to open the certain Page, an exception ‘System.InvalidOperationException’ will be thrown.

Solution:

Just replace Eval() with DataBinder.Eval() making your code to looks like this:


Dim lblDescription As Label = CType(e.Item.FindControl("lblDescription"), Label)
lblDescription.Text = DataBinder.Eval(dataItem.DataItem, "Description").ToString()

Voila! Your problem has been solved.

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Retrieve data contained in a comma-delimited list of values Warning!

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Posted on June 03, 2017



Say that you have a comma-separated String containing user IDs like following:

String userIDs = "1,2,5,8,23,67,101";

and that you want to fetch those users without splitting and looping their IDs.

Usually you do use CharIndex to search the expression:

command.CommandText = 
    "SELECT * FROM Users WHERE  CharIndex(CAST(userID AS varchar(8)) + ',', + @userIDs) > 0";
command.Parameters.AddWithValue"@userIDs", userIDs;

However if you execute the above query the last ID will be omitted YEAH it will be indeed because it checks against value + comma which does not match when it comes to 101.

FIX: add the missing comma to the end of the string:

command.Parameters.AddWithValue"@userIDs", userIDs + ",";

Hope this helps someone!

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Order By Except certain records

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Posted on September 17, 2017



SELECT
   NameEN
FROM
   Country
ORDER BY
  CASE WHEN NameEN = 'Switzerland' THEN 0 ELSE 1 END, NameEN

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