Adding "HTTP://" to URL's

Hi, I'm developing a website for a company that has all their client details on an access database, this information includes a web address which is stored as "www.somebody.com".
The problem is when I use a hyperlink column in the datagrid and bind this field to it, the URL appears as "http://customers_site/www.somebody.com" instead of http://www.somebody.com. I thought it would be simple to add "http://" to the begining of the address using the following code:

Code:

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<asp:Hyperlink NavigateURL="http://" & '<%# Container.DataItem("website")%>' Text="Website" runat="server" />

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But this doesn't work, I'm pretty new to asp.net so any help would be appreciated, the only other optionj is to manually add http:// to every entry in the database which I want to avoid if possible :D

Let the hyperlink look like:

<asp:Hyperlink id="hylEdit" Text="Website" runat="server" />

In the datagrid's ItemDataBound event, do this:

VB Code:

If e.Item.ItemType = ListItemType.AlternatingItem Or e.Item.ItemType = ListItemType.Item Then
 
            Dim hylD As New HyperLink
            hylD = CType(e.Item.FindControl("hylEdit"), HyperLink)
            hylD.NavigateUrl = "http://" & ds.Tables(0).Rows(e.Item.ItemIndex).Item("website").ToString()
 
        End If

Thanks for the reply, I'm having trouble getting it to work though :confused:

I'm not using a dataset in the site, just binding the data direct to the datagrid using the datasource, databind methods.

Would I be better off using a datagrid ? and do I have to use a datagrid to add the http:// ?

Sorry if these are daft question, but I'm still very green :blush: