link button in a datalist

You didn't mention where you need to get the text of the LinkButton. In Code behind? Or, in JavaScirpt.

Assuming that you need the text in CodeBehind, you can get the text as follows:

Add an ItemCommand event in the DataList control

<asp:DataList ID="DataList1" runat="server"
           onitemcommand="DataList1_ItemCommand">
       <ItemTemplate>
           <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text='<%#Bind("Name") %>'></asp:Label>
           <asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton1" runat="server" Text="Click Me"></asp:LinkButton>
       </ItemTemplate>
       </asp:DataList>

And, get the Text of the LinkButton in the ItemCommand event handler as follows:

protected void DataList1_ItemCommand(object source, DataListCommandEventArgs e)
{
       LinkButton linkButton = e.CommandSource as LinkButton;
       string commandText = linkButton.Text;
}

Or, if you need to get the LinkButton text at page load (Data Bound), you can get it as follows:

Add an ItemDataBound event handler to the DataList

<asp:DataList ID="DataList1" runat="server"
            onitemcommand="DataList1_ItemCommand"
            onitemdatabound="DataList1_ItemDataBound">

Get the LinkButton Text in the event handler method:

protected void DataList1_ItemDataBound(object sender, DataListItemEventArgs e)
{
       if (e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.Item)
       {
           LinkButton linkButton = e.Item.FindControl("LinkButton1") as LinkButton;
           string commandText = linkButton.Text;
       }
}

Please let me know if you need to get the text using JavaScript