I have a checkboxlist i bind it with sqldatsource on page load ............

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I have a checkboxlist and I bind it with sqldatsource on page load.

I check the value of dr["DepartmentName"].

I check
chkDepartments.Items.FindByText(dr["DepartmentName"].ToString());

However,
chkDepartments.Items.FindByText(dr["DepartmentName"].ToString()) is found to be null although dr["DepartmentName"] holds a value.

Also debugging shows that at this stage items have Datatextfield and datavaluefield as system.data.datarow.

Posted 9-Sep-10 20:44pm

coderaug

Updated 9-Sep-10 21:24pm

Dalek Dave

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Dalek Dave 10-Sep-10 3:24am

Edited for Grammar and Readability.

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2010-09-09T21:38:00

Solution 1

A DataReader returns an object which must be cast appropriately: just using the ToString() method will not necessarily return anything which matches the content of the CheckBoxList.

This means the FindByText method fails, and returns a null.

[edit]Spelling and clarification - OriginalGriff[/edit]

Posted 9-Sep-10 21:38pm

OriginalGriff

Updated 10-Sep-10 5:18am

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