how to bind two fields to dropdonlist in c#.net

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Hi,

I want to bind two fields to dropdownlist in c#.net

I have to bind empid and empname to dropdownlist

C#

ddlselectuser.DataTextField = "empname";
ddlselectuser.DataValueField = "empid";
ddlselectuser.DataBind();

but it is does not adding two values

how to add two values to dropdownlist

because i have to catch empid when dropdownlist empname is selected

please help me

Posted 6-Dec-11 0:47am

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Updated 6-Dec-11 0:53am

Wendelius

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Wendelius 6-Dec-11 6:53am

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Karthik Harve 6-Dec-11 6:56am

does the datasource for the control has two columns like "empname" and "empid"..???

Member 7932936 6-Dec-11 7:32am

yes

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Vijay Radia · Answer 1 · 2011-12-06T01:18:00

Solution 1

There is no way to bind two column in dropdownlist... try to combine two column values at database side and bind it.

e.g. SELECT (efname + " - " + elname) as ename from employeemaster..

Posted 6-Dec-11 1:18am

Vijay Radia

Abhi KA · Answer 2 · 2011-12-06T01:18:00

Solution 2

C#

DropDownList1.DataSource = ddDR;
DropDownList1.DataTextField = "DisplayValueFieldFromDB";
DropDownList1.DataValueField = "DataValueFieldFromDB";
DropDownList1.DataBind();

ddDR is DataSource

Posted 6-Dec-11 1:18am

Abhi KA

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Member 7932936 6-Dec-11 7:34am

it's not working

Abhi KA 6-Dec-11 8:39am

write your datasource code