DropDownList In Datagrid!

[Adam Knight]

I have a DropDownList in the Footer of a datagrid ['dgTest'] like so:

<FooterTemplate >
<asp:DropDownLi st ID="cboParentId " Width="120px"
DataTextField=" name" DataValueField= "area_id"
Runat="server"> </asp:DropDownLis t>
</FooterTemplate>

When i try to bind the DropDownList to a datasource i am getting null object
exception.
Ie: It doesn't appear to find the DropDownList.

Here is my code:

[Eliyahu Goldin]

How do you set the DataSource property?

Eliyahu

"Adam Knight" <de*@brightidea .com.au> wrote in message
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I have a DropDownList in the Footer of a datagrid ['dgTest'] like so:

<FooterTemplate >
<asp:DropDownLi st ID="cboParentId " Width="120px"
DataTextField=" name" DataValueField= "area_id"
Runat="server"> </asp:DropDownLis t>
</FooterTemplate>

When i try to bind the DropDownList to a datasource i am getting null object exception.
Ie: It doesn't appear to find the DropDownList.

Here is my code: