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&lt;asp:Hyperlink runat=&quot;server&quot; Text='View Form' NavigateUrl='&lt;%#&quot;<a href="http://" rel="ugc nofollow">http://</a>&quot; &amp;&nbsp;Server.UrlEncode(Container<wbr />.DataItem(<wbr />&quot;fieldname<wbr />&quot;))%&gt;' ID=&quot;Hyperlink1&quot; Target=&quot;_new&quot; Enabled=True/&gt;
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<asp:Hyperlink runat="server" Text='View Form' NavigateUrl='<%#"http:// [http://]" & Server.UrlEncode(Container.DataItem("fieldname"))%>' ID="Hyperlink1" Target="_new" Enabled=True/>

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That doesn't work in the gridview. It says:<br />
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Error &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;System.Web.UI.WebControls.<wbr />DataContro<wbr />lFieldColl<wbr />ection must have items of type 'System.Web.UI.WebControls<wbr />.DataContr<wbr />olField'. 'asp:Hyperlink' is of type 'System.Web.UI.WebControls<wbr />.HyperLink<wbr />'. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Science<wbr />Fair\Admin<wbr />\SpecialCo<wbr />nditions.a<wbr />spx &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;19 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />

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That doesn't work in the gridview. It says:

Error      1      System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataControlFieldCollection must have items of type 'System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataControlField'. 'asp:Hyperlink' is of type 'System.Web.UI.WebControls.HyperLink'.      C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\ScienceFair\Admin\SpecialConditions.aspx      19      


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That's closer to what I need. However, in the DB i'm storing something like: <br />
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FormURL = &quot;<a href="http://www.somewhere.com/page.pdf" rel="ugc">www.somewhere.com/page.pdf</a>&quot;<br />
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I need this value from the DB to be the location of the link that says &quot;View&quot;.
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That's closer to what I need. However, in the DB i'm storing something like:

FormURL = "www.somewhere.com/page.pdf [http://www.somewhere.com/page.pdf]"

I need this value from the DB to be the location of the link that says "View".

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I have a URL I'm saving to a DB and want to display as a clickable link on a Gridview. I want the text of the link to be &quot;View Form&quot; and the URL to be the value pulled back from the DB. Anyone know how to do this? Here is what I got, but is not working:<br />
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&lt;asp:HyperLinkField DataNavigateUrlFields=&quot;For<wbr />mURL&quot; DataNavigateUrlFormatStrin<wbr />g=&quot;<a href="http://" rel="ugc nofollow">http://</a>{0}&quot;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; HeaderText=&quot;Form URL&quot; SortExpression=&quot;FormURL&quot; Target=&quot;_blank&quot; DataTextField=&quot;FormURL&quot; /&gt;
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I have a URL I'm saving to a DB and want to display as a clickable link on a Gridview. I want the text of the link to be "View Form" and the URL to be the value pulled back from the DB. Anyone know how to do this? Here is what I got, but is not working:

<asp:HyperLinkField DataNavigateUrlFields="FormURL" DataNavigateUrlFormatString="http://{0}"
                            HeaderText="Form URL" SortExpression="FormURL" Target="_blank" DataTextField="FormURL" />

Gridview HyperLinkField

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