issue in dropdown value selection using javascript

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Hi,

I am having a dropdown and values in it are say for ex:

1
10
2
20
3
30
4
40
5
50

then i am actually doing edit in my page so whenevr a person clicks on edit it should show the value that was selected in dropdown so for that i am first binding all values in dropdown and then using a jquery line like this:

$("#tbl_ddlcolumnname option:contains("+editColDR+")").attr("selected","selected");

where tbl_ddlcolumnnam is dropdown id and that value that needs to be selected i am getting it in the variable editColDR but .....

the main issue is suppose 5 was selected and during edit after this line executes it shows 50 as selected or... if i had selected 1 ... during edit it shows as 10.....

Why is this problem arising? :) please help!!!

thanking u in advance!!

Posted 18-Mar-13 1:06am

Shruthi.BT

Updated 18-Mar-13 1:49am

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Prasad Khandekar 18-Mar-13 8:09am

Hello Shruthi,

How about using $('#tbl_ddlcolumnname').val(editColDR).

Regards,

Shruthi.BT 18-Mar-13 8:17am

hi... but that dropdown is binding dynamically ... so i will not have any value.. there will be only text... will this line
$('#tbl_ddlcolumnname').val(editColDR).

work.. ? without any value for the dropdown texts? please help!!

Prasad Khandekar 18-Mar-13 8:23am

Hello Shruthi,

You already have value in editColDR, isn't it? If binding is happening on the server side and it should have selected the correct option.

Shruthi.BT 19-Mar-13 5:45am

thank u .. Prasad Khandekar .. the solution worked...

ZurdoDev 18-Mar-13 9:02am

What is editColDR?

[no name] 18-Mar-13 9:32am

show you dropdown aspx code here

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Sheikh Muhammad Haris · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-18T04:48:00

Solution 1

Try to bind dropdown with Value property, where editColDR would be value of your dropdown.

and then use this javascript

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$('#tbl_ddlcolumnname').val(editColDR)

Posted 18-Mar-13 4:48am

Sheikh Muhammad Haris

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[no name] 20-Mar-13 19:07pm

Thanks man :)