What's the difference between Databinder.Eval and Container.DataItem?
Eval
is one-way binding and Bind
is for two way binding. Using Eval
allows you to get the content into your page, but ASP.Net will not be able to put it back into an object for you.
The Eval
method is just shorthand for DataBinder.Eval
. Also, Container.DataItem("Property")
is effectively the same as the Eval
method except for when you want to return the value of a "path". For instance you can call Eval
with a dot-separated "path" to a public property that you want the value of, but I do not believe you can do this with Container.DataItem("Property")
.