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Repeater error - server tag is not well formed


I'm using a repeater to display data records on my page. It used to be that I'd use tables inside it and I never had a problem, but now I'm using divs and I keep getting build errors saying the server tag is not well formed...

Can anyone see anything wrong with this?

<asp:Repeater runat="server" ID="rptGuestbook" 
    onitemdatabound="rptGuestbook_ItemDataBound">
    <ItemTemplate>
        <div runat="server" id="divPost" class="post">
            <div runat="server" id="divAuthor" class="author">
                <ul>
                    <li><asp:HyperLink runat="server" ID="lnkEmail" ImageUrl="~/Images/emailicon.png" NavigateUrl="mailto: <%# Eval("emailaddress") %>"></asp:HyperLink></li>
                    <li><asp:HyperLink runat="server" ID="lnkWeb" ImageUrl="~/Images/webicon.png" NavigateUrl="<%# Eval("webaddress") %>"></asp:HyperLink></li>
                    <li>Posted By: <%# Eval("author") %></li>
                </ul>               
                <div runat="server" id="divAdmin" class="delete-button" visible="false">
                    <asp:Button runat="server" ID="btnDeletePost" Text="Delete Post" OnClick="btnDeletePost_Click" />
                </div>
            </div>
            <div runat="server" id="divMessage" class="post-message"><%# Eval("message") %></div>
        </div>
    </ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>

Solution

  • Try using single quotes...

    <li><asp:HyperLink runat="server" 
         ID="lnkEmail" 
         ImageUrl="~/Images/emailicon.png" 
         NavigateUrl='mailto: <%# Eval("emailaddress") %>'></asp:HyperLink></li>
    
    <li><asp:HyperLink runat="server" 
         ID="lnkWeb" 
         ImageUrl="~/Images/webicon.png" 
         NavigateUrl='<%# Eval("webaddress") %>'></asp:HyperLink></li>