Set length of container

Hi to anyone out there that is taking the time to read this. I'm new to
..net and any help given is appreciated.

I am displaying a datalist on a page and I want to limit the length of
the returned container.dataitem that is displayed to 39 characters. How
do i do this in asp.net? I can do this in classic asp by using the
len() function, but i'm a bit stuck on how to do it in asp.net.

Thanks for any help you can give, my code is below.

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'code behind creating list

Dim SQLdata As String
Dim dDS As New DataSet()
SQLdata = "SELECT id, pagedata FROM tblContent WHERE level6 =
'" & sLev6 & "'"
sConn = "Provider=Microsoft.jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source=" &
dbPath & ";"

Dim myConnd As New OleDbConnection(sConn)
Dim myAdapterd As New OleDbDataAdapter(SQLdata, myConnd)
myConnd.Open()

Try
myAdapterd.Fill(dDS)
DLdata.DataSource = dDS.Tables(0).DefaultView
DLdata.DataBind()
Finally
myConnd.Close()
End Try

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'code on aspx page displaying list

<asp:DataList ID="DLdata" runat="server" cssclass="DLdatagrid">
<ItemStyle CssClass="DLdata" />
<ItemTemplate>
<img src="http://pics.10026.com/?src=images/arrow.jpg" alt=""/> <a
href='pagedata.aspx?id=<%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,
"id")%>'><%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "pagedata")%></a
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:DataListthe easiest way to do it is:

<%# left(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "pagedata"), 39)%
Karl

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<marcus.lecount@.googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:1138056537.361430.326800@.z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
> Hi to anyone out there that is taking the time to read this. I'm new to
> .net and any help given is appreciated.
> I am displaying a datalist on a page and I want to limit the length of
> the returned container.dataitem that is displayed to 39 characters. How
> do i do this in asp.net? I can do this in classic asp by using the
> len() function, but i'm a bit stuck on how to do it in asp.net.
> Thanks for any help you can give, my code is below.
> ========================================
> 'code behind creating list
> Dim SQLdata As String
> Dim dDS As New DataSet()
> SQLdata = "SELECT id, pagedata FROM tblContent WHERE level6 =
> '" & sLev6 & "'"
> sConn = "Provider=Microsoft.jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source=" &
> dbPath & ";"
> Dim myConnd As New OleDbConnection(sConn)
> Dim myAdapterd As New OleDbDataAdapter(SQLdata, myConnd)
> myConnd.Open()
> Try
> myAdapterd.Fill(dDS)
> DLdata.DataSource = dDS.Tables(0).DefaultView
> DLdata.DataBind()
> Finally
> myConnd.Close()
> End Try
> ========================================
> 'code on aspx page displaying list
> <asp:DataList ID="DLdata" runat="server" cssclass="DLdatagrid">
> <ItemStyle CssClass="DLdata" />
> <ItemTemplate>
> <img src="http://pics.10026.com/?src=images/arrow.jpg" alt=""/> <a
> href='pagedata.aspx?id=<%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,
> "id")%>'><%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "pagedata")%></a>
> </ItemTemplate>
> </asp:DataList
Thanks Karl, I can't believe i missed that. Why do i always miss the
obvious?
Thanks for taking the time to answer, I appreciate your help.

Karl Seguin [MVP] wrote:
> the easiest way to do it is:
> <%# left(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "pagedata"), 39)%>
> Karl
> --
> http://www.openmymind.net/
>
> <marcus.lecount@.googlemail.com> wrote in message
> news:1138056537.361430.326800@.z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
> > Hi to anyone out there that is taking the time to read this. I'm new to
> > .net and any help given is appreciated.
> > I am displaying a datalist on a page and I want to limit the length of
> > the returned container.dataitem that is displayed to 39 characters. How
> > do i do this in asp.net? I can do this in classic asp by using the
> > len() function, but i'm a bit stuck on how to do it in asp.net.
> > Thanks for any help you can give, my code is below.
> > ========================================
> > 'code behind creating list
> > Dim SQLdata As String
> > Dim dDS As New DataSet()
> > SQLdata = "SELECT id, pagedata FROM tblContent WHERE level6 =
> > '" & sLev6 & "'"
> > sConn = "Provider=Microsoft.jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source=" &
> > dbPath & ";"
> > Dim myConnd As New OleDbConnection(sConn)
> > Dim myAdapterd As New OleDbDataAdapter(SQLdata, myConnd)
> > myConnd.Open()
> > Try
> > myAdapterd.Fill(dDS)
> > DLdata.DataSource = dDS.Tables(0).DefaultView
> > DLdata.DataBind()
> > Finally
> > myConnd.Close()
> > End Try
> > ========================================
> > 'code on aspx page displaying list
> > <asp:DataList ID="DLdata" runat="server" cssclass="DLdatagrid">
> > <ItemStyle CssClass="DLdata" />
> > <ItemTemplate>
> > <img src="http://pics.10026.com/?src=images/arrow.jpg" alt=""/> <a
> > href='pagedata.aspx?id=<%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,
> > "id")%>'><%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "pagedata")%></a>
> > </ItemTemplate>
> > </asp:DataList