[thelist] ASP.NET dropdownlist error

[Ken Schaefer]

On 9/26/07, Joel D Canfield <joel at streamliine.com> wrote:
> > What does Bind("DeptName") do?
>
> I assume (since I'm still sorting out how .NET 2.0 thinks) it connects
> this dropdownlist to the db field 'DeptName' included in the query.

That's what the DataTextField (what is displayed) and the
DataValueField (the HTML value attribute) are for.


>
> > How many rows does the query you are executing return?
>
> The query returns these exact results (that'd be 16 rows)


So your query is returning 16 rows, and you are trying to set the
SelectedValue to be which of those 16 values?


Also you mention you are working from Stephen's book - which page is
this code from?

Cheers
Ken



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