Eval, Bind...what's the difference?

[John Bailo]

What's the difference between #Eval and #Bind?

I built a grid view control that used Bind for display.

Then I wanted to format it conditionally -- so I converted it to
DataBinder.Eval()

It still seemed to be able to do two-way binding ( updates, inserts ).

 

[John Timney \(MVP\)]

I think Eval is late bound, so its slower as it uses reflection, so its more
suited to template fields where early bidning is not easy to accomplish.
They both effectively do the same thing though.

Regards

John Timney (MVP)
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[Henning Krause [MVP - Exchange]]

Hello,

additionally, the Bind() keyword allows two-way binding.

Best regards,
Henning Krause