Problem with retrieving the selected value in a dropdown list

[yasodhai]

Hi,
I used a dropdown control bind to a datagrid.
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:DropDownList ID="FldType_edit" Runat="server" DataSource='<
%#GetFieldType()%>' DataTextField="Type" />
</EditItemTemplate>

The values for the datagrid are retrieved from the database using the
GetFieldType function
public DataSet GetFieldType()
{
SqlDataAdapter fldad = new SqlDataAdapter("SELECT
Type
FROM FieldType Order by FID", myConnection);
DataSet fldds = new DataSet();
fldad.Fill(fldds,"FieldType");
return fldds;

}
Then i try to retrieve the selected the values in the database. i
thought of doing this in the update command event.

public void DataGrid_Fields_UpdateCommand(object source,
System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGridCommandEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.EditItem)
{
DropDownList dd;
dd = (DropDownList)e.Item.FindControl("FieldType_edit") ;
string fldval=dd.SelectedItem.Value;
Response.Write("Field Value is "+ fldval+" ");
}

}
While executing this i am getting the following error:

System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an
instance
of an object.
While debugging, i found the value of dd is "Unexpected value". The
value is not assigned for dd. Kindly help me to come out from that.
Thanks & Regards,
Yasodhai

[Alexey Smirnov]

On Mar 9, 10:22 am, [e-mail] wrote:

Hi,
I used a dropdown control bind to a datagrid.
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:DropDownList ID="FldType_edit" Runat="server" DataSource='<
%#GetFieldType()%>' DataTextField="Type" />
</EditItemTemplate>

The values for the datagrid are retrieved from the database using the
GetFieldType function

public DataSet GetFieldType()
{
SqlDataAdapter fldad = new SqlDataAdapter("SELECT
Type
FROM FieldType Order by FID", myConnection);
DataSet fldds = new DataSet();
fldad.Fill(fldds,"FieldType");
return fldds;

}

Then i try to retrieve the selected the values in the database. i
thought of doing this in the update command event.

public void DataGrid_Fields_UpdateCommand(object source,
System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGridCommandEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.EditItem)
{
DropDownList dd;
dd = (DropDownList)e.Item.FindControl("FieldType_edit") ;
string fldval=dd.SelectedItem.Value;
Response.Write("Field Value is "+ fldval+" ");
}

}

While executing this i am getting the following error:

System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an
instance
of an object.

While debugging, i found the value of dd is "Unexpected value". The
value is not assigned for dd. Kindly help me to come out from that.

Thanks & Regards,
Yasodhai

"FldType_edit" != "FieldType_edit"

You named your control as FldType_edit

[yasodhai]

ok. Thanks a lot.

Regards,
Yasodhai

On Mar 9, 5:49 pm, "Alexey Smirnov" <[e-mail]:

On Mar 9, 10:22 am, [e-mail] wrote:

Hi,
I used a dropdown control bind to a datagrid.
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:DropDownList ID="FldType_edit" Runat="server" DataSource='<
%#GetFieldType()%>' DataTextField="Type" />
</EditItemTemplate>

The values for the datagrid are retrieved from the database using the
GetFieldType function

public DataSet GetFieldType()
{
SqlDataAdapter fldad = new SqlDataAdapter("SELECT
Type
FROM FieldType Order by FID", myConnection);
DataSet fldds = new DataSet();
fldad.Fill(fldds,"FieldType");
return fldds;

}

Then i try to retrieve the selected the values in the database. i
thought of doing this in the update command event.

public void DataGrid_Fields_UpdateCommand(object source,
System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGridCommandEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.EditItem)
{
DropDownList dd;
dd = (DropDownList)e.Item.FindControl("FieldType_edit") ;
string fldval=dd.SelectedItem.Value;
Response.Write("Field Value is "+ fldval+" ");
}

}

While executing this i am getting the following error:

System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an
instance
of an object.

While debugging, i found the value of dd is "Unexpected value". The
value is not assigned for dd. Kindly help me to come out from that.

Thanks & Regards,
Yasodhai

"FldType_edit" != "FieldType_edit"

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