The issue occurs in Batch Edit Mode, because in this mode an empty invisible row is created and used for further grid editing. Since the Eval method returns a value type of an object, your attempt to call the ToString() method to the null value can lead to an exception.
If you remove this conversion and use <%# Eval(“A”)%> then you will solve the problem.
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