selecting values in drop down lists 1

[thehms]

hi all...

i am retrieving a users profile from a database, and among the data there is a country field. the country is originally chose by a drop down list. when the page loads the data it selects the first data item in the list. how can i make it to choose the country that was originally selected by the user...?

the data thats stored in the database is the id of the country...

and also i have the same problem with radio buttons. i want to be able to select the one that has been selected in the databse....

thanks
The HMS

 

[Veep]

1. Retrieve the database values. Let's say that CountryID is the stored value. Assign it to a variable so we have (somewhere):

{
string CountryID = reader["CountryID"].ToString();
}

Then when you load your DropDownList from the db:

{
ddlCountry.DataSource=YourReaderOrDataSet;
ddlCountry.DataBind();
ddlCountry.Items.FindByValue(CountryID).Selected=true;
}

Check Boxes and Radio Buttons can be handled like this:

if(reader["myDatabaseValue"] != DBNull.Value)
{
   myDataBaseValue = Convert.ToBoolean(reader["myDataBaseValue"]);
}
radMyRadio.Checked = myDataBaseValue;

 

[thehms]

thanks... it worked..