Dynamic binding of value and text to a DropDownlist

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Hi,

I found that when I bind rows to a dropdownlist from an Arraylist both the 'value' and 'text' were assigned to the same value.

I don't want this, is there a way to bind the values accordingly?

Please help me,Thank you!!

Posted 7-Dec-10 19:41pm

Wanlambok

Updated 7-Dec-10 21:44pm

Dalek Dave

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mylogics 8-Dec-10 1:54am

what exactly u want.you want to assign different values to text and value field.post your code.

Dalek Dave 8-Dec-10 3:44am

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mylogics · Answer 1 · 2010-12-07T19:43:00

Solution 1

hope it works.....
dropdownlist1.datavaluefield.text
dopdownlist1.datatextfield.text

Posted 7-Dec-10 19:43pm

mylogics

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Wanlambok 8-Dec-10 1:51am

But how can i bind it from an arraylist???

Toniyo Jackson · Answer 2 · 2010-12-07T20:26:00

Solution 2

Fill the the data's in DataTable. Then assisgn this DataTable to the DropDownList.

ddl.DataSource = dataTable
ddl.DataValueField = "value field name"
ddl.DataTextField = "textfield name"
dd.DataBind()

Posted 7-Dec-10 20:26pm

Toniyo Jackson

Rupa1 · Answer 3 · 2010-12-07T20:43:00

OleDbConnection con = new OleDbConnection(connection);
                DataSet ds = new DataSet();
                OleDbDataAdapter ad = new OleDbDataAdapter("select Tittle from smsstorage order by Tittle Asc", con);
                ad.Fill(ds);
                //ddlsmsstorage.Items.Clear();
                ddlsmsstorage.Items.Add("---Select---");


                for (int i = 0; i < ds.Tables[0].Rows.Count; i++)
                {
                    ddlsmsstorage.Items.Add(ds.Tables[0].Rows[i][0].ToString());

               
                   
                }

like this also we can add which field you want.............