Seperate two strings using - symbol, How should we save only left string in database

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I have a DropDownlist that contains values
C - Corporates
FT - Fasttrack
Nt - NoramlTrack

Based on the Selection i need to Save the Short Forms in Database

I need to save only C, FT,Nt..... in the Database.

Can we handle this in Database level or in the CodeBehind..?

Posted 4-May-14 20:22pm

Venkat Kumar chigulla

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Thanks7872 5-May-14 5:46am

If you specify these values[C,FT,NT] as value in listitem as suggested in solution-1,then Dropdownlist.SelectedValue will directly give you the desired results. Whats the actual problem here?

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King Fisher · Answer 1 · 2014-05-04T20:28:00

Solution 1

use Substring in Codebehind

C#

var s = "FT-Fasttrack";
         var firstWord = s.Substring(0, s.IndexOf("-"));

Better you Can Store the Value

Posted 4-May-14 20:28pm

King Fisher

Updated 4-May-14 20:32pm

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Darshan.Pa · Answer 2 · 2014-05-04T20:29:00

you can handle it at c# side

Create drop down like this

XML

<asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList1" runat="server">
               <asp:ListItem Text="C - Corporates" Value="C"></asp:ListItem>
               <asp:ListItem Text="FT - Fasttrack" Value="FT"></asp:ListItem>
               <asp:ListItem Text="Nt - NoramlTrack" Value="Nt"></asp:ListItem>
           </asp:DropDownList>

Whichever fields are selected, make it comma seprated in c# with for loop or with any logic.

C#

string s = "";
        for (int i = 0; i < DropDownList1.Items.Count; i++)
        {
            if (DropDownList1.Items[i].Selected)
                s = s + DropDownList1.Items[i].Value + ",";
        }

Pass that comma seprated string to database and store it.

Kan07 · Answer 3 · 2014-05-04T21:13:00

Solution 3

string val=ddlhour.SelectedItem.Text; //
string firstval= val.Split('-')[0]

Posted 4-May-14 21:13pm

Kan07