Stumped on dropdownlist, editcommand

[jhcorey@yahoo.com]

I've been googling this and know it's been covered often, but I can't
get mine to work.

I'm using a dropdown list when editing the record in the datagrid.
I'm using an arraylist (although I'm willing to change) to populate the
dropdown.

The problem is selecting the item in the dropdown that corresponds to
the current record's value.

I have the code below. I'm looking for the simplest way to select the
correct value in the dropdownlist. I notice in the OnItemDataBound I
have to cast the item cells to textboxes when the item is being edited,
but I'm not sure how to find the value I need.


private void dg_Columns_Edit(object source,
System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGridCommandEventArgs e)
{
dg_Columns.EditItemIndex = e.Item.ItemIndex;
rptDataTypes = new ArrayList();
rptDataTypes.Add("DESC");
rptDataTypes.Add("ASC");

FillColumnGrid();
DropDownList dl =
((DropDownList)dg_Columns.Items[e.Item.ItemIndex].Cells[5].FindControl("ddlSortDir"));
dl.DataSource = rptDataTypes;
dl.DataBind();


}

[Patrick.O.Ige]

There is a good sample here at:-
[url]http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/050801-1.shtml[/url]
Patrick

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> I've been googling this and know it's been covered often, but I can't
> get mine to work.
>
> I'm using a dropdown list when editing the record in the datagrid.
> I'm using an arraylist (although I'm willing to change) to populate the
> dropdown.
>
> The problem is selecting the item in the dropdown that corresponds to
> the current record's value.
>
> I have the code below. I'm looking for the simplest way to select the
> correct value in the dropdownlist. I notice in the OnItemDataBound I
> have to cast the item cells to textboxes when the item is being edited,
> but I'm not sure how to find the value I need.
>
>
> private void dg_Columns_Edit(object source,
> System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGridCommandEventArgs e)
> {
> dg_Columns.EditItemIndex = e.Item.ItemIndex;
> rptDataTypes = new ArrayList();
> rptDataTypes.Add("DESC");
> rptDataTypes.Add("ASC");
>
> FillColumnGrid();
> DropDownList dl =
>

((DropDownList)dg_Columns.Items[e.Item.ItemIndex].Cells[5].FindControl("ddlS
ortDir"));

> dl.DataSource = rptDataTypes;
> dl.DataBind();
>
>
> }
>