Can I pass an if statement in the following code? If not is there an alternative?

Question

<%#String.Format("~/storefront.aspx?CatalogID={0}&ProductID={1}", Eval("CatalogID"), Eval("ProductID"))%>

what I am trying to do is:

 NavigateUrl='<%#String.Format("~/storefront.aspx?CatalogID={0}&ProductID={1}",Eval("CatalogID"), (Eval("CatalogID")=="856" ? Eval("ProductID") : Eval("CustItem")))%>

I'm trying to link back to the item from a page.. and I have accomplished this for every item except the ones in catalogid 856 ...the url looks like: storefront.aspx?CatalogID=856&ProductID=AVE05418 that example is of one from catalog 856, problem is, is the productid being passed in the url is actually the a variable called CustItem so Im trying to pass the CustItem in the place of ProductID when the catalog is 856

Thank you

Answer 1

You can try something like this:

Eval("CatalogID") == 856 ? Eval("CustItem") : Eval("ProductID")

EDIT

NavigateUrl='<%#String.Format("~/storefront.aspx?CatalogID={0}&ProductID={1}",Eval("CatalogID"), (Eval("CatalogID").ToString() == "856" ? Eval("CustItem") : Eval("ProductID")))%>'

Answer 2

You could use a ternary operator.

Eval((CatalogID==856) ? "CustItem" : "ProductID")

Way better than that would be fixing the bad data that's found its way into your database so you could avoid this ugliness in the first place.