i want to bind dropdown by 2 fields and 1 more thing plz read whole....

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i want to bind dropdownlost by 2 fields but want to show only 1 value at runtime in dropdownlist....forexample->i have 1 dropdownlist and binded it that by 2 fields i.e. id,name and at run time i want to show only name in ddlist not id....how it can possible tell me plz..............

Posted 7-Oct-11 19:50pm

pallavi ajin

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Solution 1

Take a look at the following tutorial :

http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/071101-1.shtml[^]

Posted 7-Oct-11 19:55pm

Mehdi Gholam

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hitech_s · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-07T19:57:00

Solution 2

in this way you can do this
in my table i have AREA_ID,AREA_NAME are columns

ddlArea my dropdownlist id

C#

ddlArea.DataSource = datatable;
ddlArea.DataTextField = "AREA_NAME";
ddlArea.DataValueField = "AREA_ID";
ddlArea.DataBind();

Posted 7-Oct-11 19:57pm

hitech_s

Updated 7-Oct-11 20:00pm

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pallavi ajin 8-Oct-11 2:49am

but 1 more thing on that page its showing data.nw i want to insert that br_id,br_name into table along with others values.for the insertion of br_id i m using ddl.SelectedValue()and wht will i use for name ???may i use selectedItem()?and will i have to convert ddl.selectedvalue into integer????

hitech_s 8-Oct-11 2:57am

you can use this for getting name
ddlArea.SelectedItem.Text

P.Salini · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-07T19:59:00

Solution 3

Use this

C#

dropdown1.DataSource = ds;//ds is the dataset containing your source
         dropdown1.DataTextField = "namecolumn";
         dropdown1.DataValueField = "idcolumn";
         dropdown1.DataBind();

Posted 7-Oct-11 19:59pm

P.Salini

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pallavi ajin 8-Oct-11 2:49am

but 1 more thing on that page its showing data.nw i want to insert that br_id,br_name into table along with others values.for the insertion of br_id i m using ddl.SelectedValue()and wht will i use for name ???may i use selectedItem()?and will i have to convert ddl.selectedvalue into integer????

P.Salini 8-Oct-11 2:58am

use ddl.SelectedItem.Text

Vikas_Shukla_89 · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-07T20:04:00

Solution 4

please paste some code for better reply..

for this time.. try this

DropDownList1.DataTextField = "Name";
DropDownList1.DataValueField = "ID";
DropDownList1.DataSource = ;//bind here ur datasource
DropDownList1.DataBind();
DropDownList1.Items.Insert(0, new ListItem("Select", "0"));

hope this help u

Posted 7-Oct-11 20:04pm

Vikas_Shukla_89

Updated 7-Oct-11 20:07pm

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pallavi ajin 8-Oct-11 2:48am

but 1 more thing on that page its showing data.nw i want to insert that br_id,br_name into table along with others values.for the insertion of br_id i m using ddl.SelectedValue()and wht will i use for name ???may i use selectedItem()?and will i have to convert ddl.selectedvalue into integer????

Vikas_Shukla_89 8-Oct-11 2:54am

it depends on datatype of variable u r using
1) for Name, string name = ddl.SelectedItem.Text;
2) for Value, int value = Convert.ToInt32(ddl.SelectedValue);