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I have two table:

Category : CatID, CatName
News : NewsID, CatID,Title,Content

Now, i want, when i edit on table NewS, i have dropdownlist and bind all values from table Category and show SelectedValue previous

Please help me

What I have tried:

try
                    {
                        SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(connStr);
                        SqlDataReader reader = null;
                 
                        conn.Open();
                        string sql = "SELECT  * FROM NEWS where NewsID= " + sid + "";
                      

                        SqlCommand comm = new SqlCommand();
                        comm.Connection = conn;
                        comm.CommandText = sql;

                        reader = comm.ExecuteReader();

                    while (reader.Read())
                     {
                            string Newsid = reader.GetValue(reader.GetOrdinal("Newsid")).ToString();
                            string CatID = reader.GetValue(reader.GetOrdinal("CatID")).ToString();
                            
                            string Title = reader.GetValue(reader.GetOrdinal("Title")).ToString();
                            string Content = reader.GetValue(reader.GetOrdinal("Content")).ToString();
                           


                           

                            if (Newsid != "")
                         {

                            
                             SqlDataReader reader = null;
                             string sql = "SELECT  CatID, CatName FROM Category  order by Catid desc";

                             SqlCommand comm = new SqlCommand();
                             comm.Connection = conn;
                             comm.CommandText = sql;
                             reader = comm.ExecuteReader();
                            
                             while (reader.Read())
                             {
                                 string CatID_root = reader.GetValue(reader.GetOrdinal("CatID")).ToString();
                                 string CatName = reader.GetValue(reader.GetOrdinal("CatName")).ToString();
                               
                                
                                 if (CatID_root == CatID)
                                 {
                                    
                                     Dropdownlist.DataSource = reader;
                                     Dropdownlist.DataValueField = "CatID";
                                     Dropdownlist.DataTextField = "CatName";
                                     Dropdownlist.SelectedValue = CatName;                                   
                                     Dropdownlist.DataBind();
                                    
                                    
                                 }
                                 else
                                 {
                                     Dropdownlist.DataSource = reader;
                                     Dropdownlist.DataValueField = "id";
                                     Dropdownlist.DataTextField = "bulkname";
                                     Dropdownlist.DataBind();
                                    

                                 }

                             }

                         }
                    } 
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Updated 21-May-19 5:13am
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[no name] 8-May-19 4:38am    
So no code. No platform. No help.
Tom Paul Heart 8-May-19 5:00am    
My Code:

try
{
SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(connStr);
SqlDataReader reader = null;

conn.Open();
string sql = "SELECT * FROM NEWS where NewsID= " + sid + "";


SqlCommand comm = new SqlCommand();
comm.Connection = conn;
comm.CommandText = sql;

reader = comm.ExecuteReader();

while (reader.Read())
{
string Newsid = reader.GetValue(reader.GetOrdinal("Newsid")).ToString();
string CatID = reader.GetValue(reader.GetOrdinal("CatID")).ToString();

string Title = reader.GetValue(reader.GetOrdinal("Title")).ToString();
string Content = reader.GetValue(reader.GetOrdinal("Content")).ToString();





if (Newsid != "")
{


SqlDataReader reader = null;
string sql = "SELECT CatID, CatName FROM Category order by Catid desc";

SqlCommand comm = new SqlCommand();
comm.Connection = conn;
comm.CommandText = sql;
reader = comm.ExecuteReader();

while (reader.Read())
{
string CatID_root = reader.GetValue(reader.GetOrdinal("CatID")).ToString();
string CatName = reader.GetValue(reader.GetOrdinal("CatName")).ToString();


if (CatID_root == CatID)
{

Dropdownlist.DataSource = reader;
Dropdownlist.DataValueField = "CatID";
Dropdownlist.DataTextField = "CatName";
Dropdownlist.SelectedValue = CatName;
Dropdownlist.DataBind();


}
else
{
Dropdownlist.DataSource = reader;
Dropdownlist.DataValueField = "id";
Dropdownlist.DataTextField = "bulkname";
Dropdownlist.DataBind();


}

}

}
}
[no name] 8-May-19 5:14am    
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20698562/populate-dropdownlist-with-datareader-from-database
RickZeeland 8-May-19 13:46pm    
https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/24656/A-Detailed-Data-Binding-Tutorial
Richard Deeming 9-May-19 11:27am    
string sql = "SELECT  * FROM NEWS where NewsID= " + sid + "";

Your code is almost certainly vulnerable to SQL Injection[^]. NEVER use string concatenation to build a SQL query. ALWAYS use a parameterized query.

Everything you wanted to know about SQL injection (but were afraid to ask) | Troy Hunt[^]
How can I explain SQL injection without technical jargon? | Information Security Stack Exchange[^]
Query Parameterization Cheat Sheet | OWASP[^]
const string sql = "SELECT * FROM NEWS where NewsID = @NewsID";
SqlCommand comm = new SqlCommand();
comm.Connection = conn;
comm.CommandText = sql;
comm.Parameters.AddWithValue("@NewsID", sid);

1 solution

Hello
The SelectedValue property select the value of the CatID field.

Change your code for this:
Dropdownlist.SelectedValue = CatID;


If you want to use the CatName field to find your record in the control, use this code:
Dropdownlist.SelectedIndex = Dropdownlist.Items.IndexOf(Dropdownlist.Items.FindByText(CatName));


Now his final code would look like this:

Dropdownlist.DataSource = reader;
Dropdownlist.DataValueField = "CatID";
Dropdownlist.DataTextField = "CatName";
Dropdownlist.DataBind();

Dropdownlist.SelectedValue = CatID;

or 

Dropdownlist.SelectedIndex = Dropdownlist.Items.IndexOf(Dropdownlist.Items.FindByText(CatName));


I hope I have helped you.
 
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