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Syntax problem in small conditional statement

I have a listview with an image control.
I store the path to the image in a sql server db.
I need to evaluate the path to make sure it isn't null. If it is null I need to change images.
I have tried multiple combinations trying to get this to work with no luck.
I either receive an error that the ? cannot be used or an expression is expected.

 <asp:Image ID="imgLeft" ImageUrl='<%#Eval("BeforePicPath") == null ? Eval("BeforePicPath").ToString() : "../images2020/resume-photo.jpg" %>' runat="server" />

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What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

Rajar Ahmed

try this
http://forums.asp.net/t/1306214.aspx/1

<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"Col_3") == DbNull.Value ? (string)DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Col_2") : (string)DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Col_3") %

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Rajar Ahmed

This worked For me with my dataset .

//C# Code
Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"id") == "" ? (string)DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "name") : (string)DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "id") %>'>

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Sheritlw

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The alternative image is not referenced in the database, it is in a folder, so I tried...

 <asp:Image ID="imgLeft" ImageUrl='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"BeforePicPath") == DbNull.Value ? "../images2020/resume-photo.jpg" : DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"BeforePicPath") %>'  runat="server" />

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and received the same error - BC30201: Expression expected.

Thanks

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Sheritlw

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Thank you