C# Web App: Setting selected value of drop down list on page load

[dmj07]

Hi all,

I was wondering of an easy way to set the selected value of a drop down list by using a value retrieved from the database. Here is my code:

SqlCommand cmdUser = new SqlCommand("SELECT ID FROM Tble WHERE ID = 2", connSQL);

        cmdUser.CommandType = CommandType.Text;

        SqlDataReader rdrUser = cmdUser.ExecuteReader();

        while (rdrUser.Read())
        {
            ddlID.SelectedValue = rdrUser.GetString(0);
        }
        rdrUser.Close();

On the front end .aspx page the drop down list has a bound data source so I need to set the selected value of this drop down list to the database one.

Many thanks in advance.

[dmj07]

Managed to solve this for anybody who may be interested.

New code in OnDataBound function of drop down list.

OnDataBound="dd lID_DataBound"

while (rdrUser.Read())
{
            ddlMaterialType.ClearSelection();
            string test = rdrUser.GetString(0);
            ddlID.Items.FindByValue(test).Selected = true;
}