Binding to a dropdown in C#

[Carlos]

Hi all,

I have the following issue:.

I've got datatable that I am intending to bind to a dropdownlist. While
debugging

I am certain that my DataTable contains 3 valid rows. However, after the
binding

statement ends, I have three row that read 'System.Data.DataRowView' instead
of the

actual data.

Can someone help? I used to do this in VB .Net no problems referencing the
items within

a row, but the same can not be done in C#.

Thanks in advance,



Carlos.



DataTable m_DataTable_GetSchools = CatalogAccess.GetSchools();


DDL_SugMainMon.DataSource = m_DataTable_GetSchools;

DDL_SugMainMon.DataBind();

 

[David Wier]

It's because you have not assigned the field names to be shown. You most
likely have run the databind on the DDL, but not assigned a field to the
DDL's DataTextField. You must do at least that, and then, if you'd like,
also assign a field to the DataValueField of the DDL

David Wier
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[Mark Rae]

DataTable m_DataTable_GetSchools = CatalogAccess.GetSchools();
DDL_SugMainMon.DataSource = m_DataTable_GetSchools;
DDL_SugMainMon.DataValueField = ""; // field from DataTable
DDL_SugMainMon.DataTextField = ""; // field from DataTable
DDL_SugMainMon.DataBind();