Client Databind Fails/Hangs with DataFormatString {0:g}

[LeBear]

I have a RadGrid where one of the columns binds to a date/time value.  I use a GirdDataBound column and it binds correctly on the server.  Using the same source for the data, this fails when I try to bind on the client.  It shows the first record, then just stops. The lines that follow in the Javascript function do not execute.

I removed the DataFormatString and it worked. 

To work around this, I changed the column to a string and formatted it before sending it out to be bound.

I know I'll trip on this again some day (probably soon), so I'd like to get a resolution.

Thanks.

[Tsvetina]

Hello,

This happens because javascript does not support the format strings that the .NET framework does. You can learn more on date formatting in javascript from this blog post:
JavaScript Date Format

Greetings,
Tsvetina
the Telerik team

[LeBear]

Understood, but don't you see this as a failure on the RadGrid?  I would imagine that it shouldn't attempt to re-bind on the client using the server-side format string if it's known not to be compatible and that it might cause a failure. 

Is there a workaround in that I can provide a server-side format string and a client-side format string?

Thank you.

[Tsvetina]

Hello,

In order to inspect the issue further and see if it is a bug we would need to debug a runnable project and see what happens during the execution of the script. If you want us to go on investigating this, please provide us with a sample project replicating the described issue.

As for a work-around, you can consider using a format string which is also recognizable by javascript, like, for example {0:d}.

All the best,
Tsvetina
the Telerik team