Drop down not selecting properly

[mark.norgate]

Hi

Another problem...

My drop down is always defaulting to selecting the first item in the
drop down, even though I've got code specifically to change it to a
different item:

Dim adapter As SqlDataAdapter = New
SqlDataAdapter("SELECT appId, appName FROM application WHERE segmentID
= " + segmentID.ToString(), connection)
Dim dataSet As DataSet = New DataSet()
adapter.Fill(dataSet)
ApplicationDropDown.DataValueField = "appId"
ApplicationDropDown.DataTextField = "appName"
ApplicationDropDown.DataSource = dataSet
ApplicationDropDown.DataBind()

ApplicationDropDown.Items.FindByValue(ApplicationI d.ToString()).Selected
= True

Why is the item not being selected? I've checked that the
ApplicationId is correct and it is. I'm really scratching my head on
this one.

Mark

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

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My drop down is always defaulting to selecting the first item in the
drop down, even though I've got code specifically to change it to a
different item:

Dim adapter As SqlDataAdapter = New
SqlDataAdapter("SELECT appId, appName FROM application WHERE segmentID
= " + segmentID.ToString(), connection)
Dim dataSet As DataSet = New DataSet()
adapter.Fill(dataSet)
ApplicationDropDown.DataValueField = "appId"
ApplicationDropDown.DataTextField = "appName"
ApplicationDropDown.DataSource = dataSet
ApplicationDropDown.DataBind()

ApplicationDropDown.Items.FindByValue(ApplicationI d.ToString()).Selected
= True

Why is the item not being selected? I've checked that the
ApplicationId is correct and it is. I'm really scratching my head on
this one.

There doesn't appear to be anything wrong with your code, so...

1) When you stepped through this in debug mode, what were the values of
ApplicationDropDown.SelectedValue *and* ApplicationDropDown.SelectedIndex
immediately before and after the FindByValue line...?

2) Might there be something later in the page lifecycle which is resetting
the DropDown, or maybe even client-side JavaScript...?

3) Case-sensitivity...?
--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

[David Wier]

If you're populating the ddl in the Page_Load event, be sure to surround it
with an if/then/postback block:
if not page.isPostback then
' do ddl population
end if

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<ma**********@gmail.comwrote in message
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Hi

Another problem...

My drop down is always defaulting to selecting the first item in the
drop down, even though I've got code specifically to change it to a
different item:

Dim adapter As SqlDataAdapter = New
SqlDataAdapter("SELECT appId, appName FROM application WHERE segmentID
= " + segmentID.ToString(), connection)
Dim dataSet As DataSet = New DataSet()
adapter.Fill(dataSet)
ApplicationDropDown.DataValueField = "appId"
ApplicationDropDown.DataTextField = "appName"
ApplicationDropDown.DataSource = dataSet
ApplicationDropDown.DataBind()

ApplicationDropDown.Items.FindByValue(ApplicationI d.ToString()).Selected
= True

Why is the item not being selected? I've checked that the
ApplicationId is correct and it is. I'm really scratching my head on
this one.

Mark

[mark.norgate]

On 20 May, 14:57, "David Wier" <[e-mail]:

If you're populating the ddl in the Page_Load event, be sure to surround it
with an if/then/postback block:
if not page.isPostback then
' do ddl population
end if

David Wierhttp://aspnet101.comhttp://iWritePro.com- One click PDF, convert.doc/.rtf/.txt to HTML with no
bloated markup

<[e-mail] in message

news:52**********************************@z72g2000 hsb.googlegroups.com...

Hi

Another problem...

My drop down is always defaulting to selecting the first item in the
drop down, even though I've got code specifically to change it to a
different item:

* * * * * * * *Dim adapter As SqlDataAdapter = New
SqlDataAdapter("SELECT appId, appName FROM application WHERE segmentID
= " + segmentID.ToString(), connection)
* * * * * * * *Dim dataSet As DataSet = New DataSet()
* * * * * * * *adapter.Fill(dataSet)
* * * * * * * *ApplicationDropDown.DataValueField = "appId"
* * * * * * * *ApplicationDropDown.DataTextField = "appName"
* * * * * * * *ApplicationDropDown.DataSource = dataSet
* * * * * * * *ApplicationDropDown.DataBind()

ApplicationDropDown.Items.FindByValue(ApplicationI d.ToString()).Selected
= True

Why is the item not being selected? I've checked that the
ApplicationId is correct and it is. I'm really scratching my head on
this one.

Mark- Hide quoted text -

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I've completely rewritten this section of code now and it works fine.
Thanks for your replies.

Mark