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SelectedIndex in DropDownList... .Please help, this is driving me crazy.....

Hello,

Can someone please help me. I thought this would be simple but so far nothing I try works.....

I've got a simple update page. On this page I have a datalist bound by data from a SQL Server table. I used the standard:

MyDataList.Data Source = objDS
MyDataList.Data Bind()

inside a sub to bind the data on pageload.


In this datalist I have a dropdownlist. All I want to do is have the SelectedIndex of my dropdownlist display the value from the one field (varchar) from the table defined by my SELECT statement.

Nothing I do seems to work. If it helps, I could pull the dropdownlist out of the datalist and bind directly to that if it would be easier. Can someone please lend an ear hear.........

Many thanx

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You need to handle ItemDataBound event to set SelectedIndes
programmaticall y.

Eliyahu

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Hello,

Can someone please help me. I thought this would be simple but so far nothing I try works.....
I've got a simple update page. On this page I have a datalist bound by data from a SQL Server table. I used the standard:
MyDataList.Data Source = objDS
MyDataList.Data Bind()

inside a sub to bind the data on pageload.


In this datalist I have a dropdownlist. All I want to do is have the SelectedIndex of my dropdownlist display the value from the one field
(varchar) from the table defined by my SELECT statement.
Nothing I do seems to work. If it helps, I could pull the dropdownlist out of the datalist and bind directly to that if it would be easier. Can someone
please lend an ear hear.........
Many thanx

-----------------------
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Nov 19 '05 #2

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