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DropDownList - Preselected.

Hi all,

What is the best way to preselect a drop down list item based on info from a
db?

Surely i don't have to write a function iterating through all the list items
and comparing values to find the required index???

Cheers,
Adam
Nov 19 '05 #1
2 1609
set the dropdown's SelectedValue to the value from your table.

"Adam Knight" <ad**@pertrain.com.au> wrote in message
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Hi all,

What is the best way to preselect a drop down list item based on info from
a db?

Surely i don't have to write a function iterating through all the list
items and comparing values to find the required index???

Cheers,
Adam

Nov 19 '05 #2
Excellent!

"Adam Knight" <ad**@pertrain.com.au> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
Hi all,

What is the best way to preselect a drop down list item based on info from
a db?

Surely i don't have to write a function iterating through all the list
items and comparing values to find the required index???

Cheers,
Adam

Nov 19 '05 #3

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