Drop Down List issue

[KT]

I have this code below on my aspx page but it doesn't load this into the
drop down list at runtime. The dropdown list poplulated from a SQL stored
procedure...but adding a value to the list like below should work.



<aspropDownList ID="ddlHospitals" AutoPostBack="true" runat="server">

<asp:ListItem Text="Select a Hospital" Value="-1" Enabled="true"
Selected="True"></asp:ListItem>

</aspropDownList>





Thanks in advance.



KT

 

[Manish Bafna]

Hi,
It looks you want to add static default value as first item in dropdownlist
apart from dynamic values generated from stored proc.
How about this code:

If(! Page.IsPostBack)
{
// first the data binding code.
HospitalDrpDownList.DataSource = ds(a dataset variable)
HospitalDrpDownList.DataTextField = "Hospital"
HospitalDrpDownList.DataValueField = "HospitalCode"
HospitalDrpDownList.DataBind()


//Thereafter Add following items and select the first item by default.
HospitalDrpDownList.Items.Insert(-1, "Select a Hospital")
HospitalDrpDownList.SelectedIndex=0
}

Thanks and Regards,
Manish bafna

 

[Manish Bafna]

Hi,
also your code for inserting default value is not working because data
binding code of stored procedure will overwrite this default value.That is
why in my previous code i have first written the code for data binding and
then code for inserting default values.

Thanks and regards,
mansih bafna