ASPX Dropdownlist

[Sean]

Hi,

I have an ASPX Dropdown list.

I am unsure how to set my datasource.

I have a table that has 2 columns, an identity column and
a description column.

Has anyone got some sample code on how to do this.

I find it hard to get any sample code on the web.

Thanks,
Sean

[Karsten Grombach]

hi Sean,

look at [url]http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/aspplus/[/url] for a lot of
samples..

for your ddl problem:

DropDownList ddl = new DropDownList();
ddl.DataSource = yourDataTable; /// can also be a DataSet
ddl.DataTextField = "NameOfFieldWhichContainsText";
ddl.DataValueField ="NameOfFieldWhichContainsValue";
ddl.DataBind(); /// get the values from the DataSource

that should do the trick
regards
karten

"Sean" <sean@asp.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Hi,
>
> I have an ASPX Dropdown list.
>
> I am unsure how to set my datasource.
>
> I have a table that has 2 columns, an identity column and
> a description column.
>
> Has anyone got some sample code on how to do this.
>
> I find it hard to get any sample code on the web.
>
> Thanks,
> Sean