DropDownList values are case sensitive?

[Boban Dragojlovic]

Say I have a dropdownlist control of the US State Codes
<asp:dropdownli st id=ddlStateCode ...>
<asp:listitem value="AL">Alab ama</asp:listitem>
<asp:listitem value="CA">Cali fornia</asp:listitem>
etc...
In my codebehind, I have something like this:

ddlStateCode.Se lectedValue = UserRecord.Stat eCode
the problem is that if the UserRecord.Stat eCode is not in caps, I get an
error. In other words, the 'SelectedValue' property is case sensitive.

I have tried using 'OPTION COMPARE TEXT' but it didn't help.

Is there a way of making it NOT be case sensitive?

[Mike Moore [MSFT]]

Hi Boban,

Please try changing your code to something like this:
If ddlStateCode.Se lectedValue.ToU pper() = UserRecord.Stat eCode.ToUpper()
Then

Thank you, Mike
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Say I have a dropdownlist control of the US State Codes
<asp:dropdownli st id=ddlStateCode ...>
<asp:listitem value="AL">Alab ama</asp:listitem>
<asp:listitem value="CA">Cali fornia</asp:listitem>
etc...
In my codebehind, I have something like this:

ddlStateCode.Se lectedValue = UserRecord.Stat eCode
the problem is that if the UserRecord.Stat eCode is not in caps, I get an
error. In other words, the 'SelectedValue' property is case sensitive.

I have tried using 'OPTION COMPARE TEXT' but it didn't help.

Is there a way of making it NOT be case sensitive?