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Deepak Setia
Deepak Setia

Reputation: 45

how to show selected text in a dropdownlist?

I have a static drop-down list control in asp.net page and I have two different string (based on a result which I am fetching through database) now I want to make selected text of the the current input and the indexing and values remains same.

<asp:DropDownList ID="ddl_room_type" runat="server" AutoPostBack="true" OnSelectedIndexChanged="ddl_room_type_SelectedIndexChanged">
<asp:ListItem Selected="True">Select Type</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Text="Deluxe" Value="2500"></asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Text="Super Deluxe" Value="3000"></asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Text="Luxury" Value="5000"></asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Text="Special Room" Value="10000"></asp:ListItem>
</asp:DropDownList>

and I have a string Text from Database : lets say Special Room. Now I want that drop-down list i.e, ddl_room_type should automatically bind with the same text and value.

C# Code which I am using: 

string luxury = "Special Room"; //Value coming form Database
ddl_room_type.SelectedItem.Text = luxury;

If I do with this code.. it is just selected the first text as : "Special Room"

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1908

Answers (2)

Paarth
Paarth

Reputation: 590

Alternately you can try this

string luxury = "Special Room";
ddl_room_type.ClearSelection();
ddl_room_type.Items.FindByText(luxury).Selected = true;

Hope it will be useful

Upvotes: 1

Rohit Vipin Mathews
Rohit Vipin Mathews

Reputation: 11787

Get your values from the database at first for both Text and Value for loading the dropdownlist. So that you don't have to set it once the user makes the selection.

Upvotes: 0

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