Using conditional statements in datagrid?

[gerryR com]

Hi All I'm trying to create a simple aspx page by pulling info from an existing excel sheet into a data grid. What I need to do is apply some conditions to this so that certain info is displayed depending on certain conditions. eg datagrid: name nickname URL link gerry http://gerry.com gerry william bill http://william.com bill What I need is if there's a value in nickname then the Text for the link will be that value, if not then it will be the name value. I've tried creating a template column but can see anywhere to put an if statement in there either. I'm new to all this and am not looking for someone to do this for me, just point me in the right direction as I want to understand why I'm doing what I'm doing. I appreciate any pointers anyone can give me. Rgds gerryR

[NeverHeardOfMe]

There are two ways you can do this: Either in the ItemDataBound[^] event, or call a function[^] directly from your template column, passing the two values (name and nickname)

[gerryR com]

Thanks for that, Couldn't get my head around the databound method, I'll save that for another day. Got the function method working although I ran into another problem with that (null values), I'll post a seperate message about that. Thanks again gerryR