When should <%# ... %> and <%= ... %> be used?

Question

I have been doing some work lately with a Pre-compiled .NET3.5 app so i have had to write alot of inline code and i was just wondering about the usage of the # and = and niether when doing inline code?

Answer 1

• <%= is the equivalent of Response.Write()
• <%# is for Binding Expressions on Data Bound controls.
• <%$ to access AppSettings, ConnectionStrings and other values contained within an application's configuration and resource files

Answer 2

I posted a similar question here, this might give you some things to look at:

ASP.NET "special" tags

Especially this page:

http://quickstarts.asp.net/QuickStartv20/aspnet/doc/pages/syntax.aspx