Best Technique for Multiple Eval Fields in Gridview ItemTemplate?

Even clearer, IMO, is:

<%# String.Format("{0} - {1}", Eval("Name1"), Eval("Name2")) %>

asp.net data-binding gridview eval

I had previously used this (bad, I know):

<%# Eval("Name1", "{0} - ")%> <%#Eval("Name2")%>

Result = 'John - Smith'

But just discovered that I can also put TWO (or more) Evals in the same data-bound group:

<%#Eval("Name1") & " - " & Eval("Name2")%>

Result = 'John - Smith'

<%# "First Name - " & Eval("Name1") & ", Last Name - " & Eval("Name2")%>

Result = 'First Name - John, Last Name - Smith'

asp.net data-binding gridview eval

Eval and Bind both suck.
Why get the property through reflection? You can access it directly like this:

((MyObject)Container.DataItem).MyProperty

It's not like the object is unknown to you at runtime. That's my two cents, anyhow.

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