Question

Okay so I m pulling in an XML feed from feedburner, using an XMLDataSource and a repeater.

<asp:Repeater ID="rptrEvents" OnItemDataBound="rptrEvents_ItemDataBound" DataSourceID="XmlDataSource1" runat="server">
    <ItemTemplate>
            <li runat="server" id="liLineItem">
                <a href="<%#XPath("link")%>">
                    <span><%#XPath("pubdate")%></span>
                    <%#XPath("title")%>
                </a>
            </li>
    </ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>

Now the problem I m running into is, "pubdate" is empty, and title includes both the title and date [though it can easily be split because the date always ends in a : (colon)

So I need to be able to do this in the code behind.

However, I m unable to get this to work in the code behind.

I ve tried something like this (now granted, I m a total newb when it comes to XML)

IXPathNavigable x = (IXPathNavigable)e.Item.DataItem;
XPathNavigator nav = x.CreateNavigator();

XmlElement xePage = (XmlElement)nav.UnderlyingObject;
string title = xePage.GetAttribute("title");

So I tried this, but xePage always shows "HasAttributes" as false, and never finds the title. xePage.InnerXML seems to contain the proper data, but I don t want to try and parse things out manually.

Can anyone point me in a better direction on what I m doing wrong?

Thanks!

Answer 1

In your OnItemBound event try this instead.

protected void Repeater_ItemDataBound(object sender, RepeaterItemEventArgs e)
{
    IXPathNavigable x = (IXPathNavigable)e.Item.DataItem;
    XPathNavigator nav = x.CreateNavigator();
    XmlElement xePage = (XmlElement)nav.UnderlyingObject;
    string title = xePage.SelectSingleNode("title").InnerText;
}

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