GridView Filtering

[Oscar]

I am using a DropDownList control poplulated from an SQL database to filter
rows in a GridView control. On itnitial page load, I want to find a way to
display all the rows versus only those rows that meet the "default value"
critieria. I tried to set the default value using a wildcard character, but
the system seemed to ignore the wildcard. Any tips would be greatly
appreciated.

[S. Justin Gengo]

Oscar,

The first lab I took from Microsoft's free on-line course offerings (free to
sign up for a 90 day subscription until Nov. 17th) covered how to do this. I
used a text box rather than a drop down, but the way to do this is the same.

Check out: Course 2927: Building Web Applications with ASP.NET 2.0 at:

https://www.microsoftelearning.com/c...x#visualStudio

(Scroll up for the free SQL Server 2005 courses)

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Sincerely,

S. Justin Gengo, MCP
Web Developer / Programmer

www.aboutfortunate.com

"Out of chaos comes order."
Nietzsche
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I am using a DropDownList control poplulated from an SQL database to filter
rows in a GridView control. On itnitial page load, I want to find a way
to
display all the rows versus only those rows that meet the "default value"
critieria. I tried to set the default value using a wildcard character,
but
the system seemed to ignore the wildcard. Any tips would be greatly
appreciated.