aspx bind data with '#' symbol to gridview

Question

Been trying to fix this for hours and I know that the problem is with the '#' but I could not find any solution to this problem. My field name in the database is 'HRTRN#'.

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Transaction#">
   <EditItemTemplate>
      <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox13" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("HRTRN#") %>'   Width="50px" Height="17px" MaxLength="14"></asp:TextBox>
   </EditItemTemplate>

  <ItemTemplate>
       <asp:Label ID="Label5" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("HRTRN#") %>'></asp:Label>
  </ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>

Does anyone know the solution for this to make the field name containing # symbol accessible?

Answer 1

You should change your code from :

Bind("HRTRN#")

To

Bind("[HRTRN#]")

Since it contains special charcters. ( you would do that also for columns with spaces).