Displaying selected item in dropdownlist in gridview when click on edit

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Respected sir,

I have created a gridview. if i click on edit button, it has to display drop down list under some fields. I executed till here.

Now i want to display already selected items in drop downlist, But Im getting all the items in the list in Alphabetical order.

for ex:

Apple

Boy

Cat

Elephant.. In this order.

But if i click on edit button, It must display has :
Cat

Apple

Boy

Elephant -- in Drop down list.

Can U plz help me...Here "Cat" which is already selected item....

Posted 23-Aug-11 18:32pm

srikanth.pandu

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 24-Aug-11 0:48am

Why it's a problem? What did you try so far?
--SA

srikanth.pandu 24-Aug-11 3:52am

Once see this link below
http://www.obout.com/grid/grid_templates_dropdown_with_new.aspx
Now click on edit button, the item in dropdownlist will not change
I want the code.I tried im getting items in dropdownlist which are not selected can u help for getting selected items in it.

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Aswathi Narayan · Answer 1 · 2011-08-23T20:10:00

You can use bind to bind a value from database

example is given below:

<pre lang="c#">
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Status" ItemStyle-Width="100px">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList1" runat="server" SelectedValue='<%# Bind("STATUS")%>'
Enabled="false">
<asp:ListItem Text="Active" Value="1"></asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Text="Inactive" Value="0"></asp:ListItem>
</asp:DropDownList>
</ItemTemplate>
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList1" runat="server" SelectedValue='<%# Bind("STATUS")%>'>
<asp:ListItem Text="Active" Value="1"></asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Text="Inactive" Value="0"></asp:ListItem>
</asp:DropDownList>
</EditItemTemplate>

<ItemStyle Width="100px"></ItemStyle>
</asp:TemplateField></pre>

Ganesan Senthilvel · Answer 2 · 2011-08-23T18:54:00

Solution 1

Itz pretty simple. You keep the selected item 'Cat' in temporary storage holder. On PageLoad event, set the SelecteIndex property of GridView class. For further details, go thro http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.gridview.selectedindex.aspx[^]

Posted 23-Aug-11 18:54pm

Ganesan Senthilvel