[RESOLVED] VS 2010 : How to build a Route using $RouteUrl

Hi,

I already know I can use < % $RouteUrl:code=ALFKI % > to create a route url to access ALFKI client (northwind database sample).

Now I would like to user $RouteUrl to create an HyperlinkColumn in a gridview. I tried NavigateURL="< %$RouteUrl:code=eval("customerid") % >"" but this doesn't work. So, is it possible to use $RouteURL to create route urls in a column of a gridview ?

 

Thank you !

 

Dennes

I believe there are some limitations in HyperLinkColumn and this is one of them.

Why you don't use a TemplateColumn and place a hyperlink control inside it ?

    
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The following code worked for me. Note that in my case, the hyperlink is in within a datalist control and not gridview control, but I think it will equally work in a gridview. Using one of the overloads of GetRouteUrl did the job. In my case, I needed four
values from the database to be built into the url of the hyperlink.

    
        <%# ((System.Data.Common.DbDataRecord)Container.DataItem)["PlaceName"] %>

   

The .aspx file containing the above code must have the System.Web.Routing namespace reference on top.

<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Routing" %>

Also Note that I added the following code to my global.asax file

void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
        {
            routes.MapPageRoute("ChosenPlaceDetails",
                "{stateregion}/{city}/{categoryname}/{placename}",
                "~/placedetails.aspx");
        }

I did not use Eval("StateRegion") method to retrieve database values as this method is highly discouraged due performance issues associated with its use (google "the evils of Eval"). Instead, I used the much faster code below since my data is coming from a datareader object.

((System.Data.Common.DbDataRecord)Container.DataItem)["StateRegion"]

Hope this helps those who find themselves with a similar situation.