how to bind listitem from database

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i want to bind data wih listitem with dropdownliat

i cant bind the data from database

the code is like:-

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<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Type">
<EditItemTemplate>
  <asp:DropDownList ID="cmbType" runat="server" DataTextField="Type" DataValueField="Type" SelectedValue='<%# Eval("type") %>'>
  <asp:ListItem  Selected='<%# Eval("type") %>' ></asp:ListItem>
  </asp:DropDownList>

</EditItemTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
  <asp:Label ID="Label5" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("type") %>'></asp:Label>
</ItemTemplate>
<FooterTemplate>
  <asp:DropDownList ID="cmbNewType" runat="server" DataTextField="Type" DataValueField="Type"> </asp:DropDownList>

</FooterTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>

and the error will come like this:-

XML

Error   2   Literal content ('</asp:ListItem>') is not allowed within a 'System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListItemCollection'. C:\Documents and Settings\Harry\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\example8\Default.aspx   72

so how to bind data with database???

thank you

Posted 26-Feb-12 8:33am

djharry2

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Joachim1234 · Answer 1 · 2012-02-26T10:50:00

Hi,

Here's a small sample:

SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection("SOME CONNECTION STRING HERE");
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("select FieldName from TableName", con);
SqlDataAdapter sda = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd);
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
sda.Fill(ds);
DropDownList1.DataSource = ds;
DropDownList1.DataTextField = "FieldName"; // FieldName of Table in DataBase
DropDownList1.DataValueField = "FieldName"; // FieldName of Table in DataBase
DropDownList1.DataBind();

Read more about the datasource property here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.basedataboundcontrol.datasource.aspx[^]

If you need to set one of the element to selected then after binding (could be the databound event of teh dropdownlist) you can find the correct element and set it to selected.

Regards
Joachim