Select DropDownList Text Dynamically

[Will Chamberlain]

For an Edit User section of my application I have created a DataReader
that sets textbox.text values = objDataReader("field"). One of the
fields in the table is Department and to display this I have chosen to
use a dropdownlist. I have tried setting:

ddlDepartment.SelectedItem.Text = objDataReader("Department")

The departments are:

Administration - Value 1
Finance - Value 2
Engineering - Value 3

When I use the method above It simply replaced Administration with
whatever the user is saved as but the value still stays the same.

I know this sounds confusing but if needed I can elaborate.

- Will

 

[Raul Macias]

You would need to do something like this:

string sValue = objDataReader("Department");
ddlDepartment.SelectedValue = sValue;

 

[Will Chamberlain]

Thanks a ton Raul!