How to get smalldatetime from sql server to dropdownlist in asp.net

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Dear Sir ,

My procedure get the record of smalldatetime like this format
2013-04-16 00:00:00

how to show this dates in ShortDateString using asp.net and C#

con.Open();
// string caseTtl_qry = "select distinct( Case_Title) from tblLegealCases";
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("GetSingleEntryDates", con);
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Empid", Session["Empid"]);
DataTable dt = new DataTable();

SqlDataAdapter sqlDa = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd);
sqlDa.Fill(dt);
DropDownSingleEntryDate.DataTextField = "attendance_date";
DropDownSingleEntryDate.DataSource = dt;
DropDownSingleEntryDate.DataBind();
con.Close();

thanks
vilas

Posted 30-Apr-13 2:36am

Mogya

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Dilan Shaminda 30-Apr-13 8:46am

hi,try to convert the date using CONVERT(VARCHAR,DATETIME_COLUMN_NAME,101)in your query...

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Solution 2

I have use DataTextFormatString for formating string of dropdownlist

con.Open();
// string caseTtl_qry = "select distinct( Case_Title) from tblLegealCases";
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("GetSingleEntryDates", con);
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Empid", Session["Empid"]);
DataTable dt = new DataTable();

SqlDataAdapter sqlDa = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd);
sqlDa.Fill(dt);
DropDownSingleEntryDate.DataTextField = "attendance_date";
DropDownSingleEntryDate.DataTextFormatString ="{0:d/M/yyyy}";
DropDownSingleEntryDate.DataSource = dt;
DropDownSingleEntryDate.DataBind();
con.Close();

and output is in dropdownlist as
24/04/2013

thanks
vilas

Posted 30-Apr-13 2:46am

Mogya

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Mogya · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-30T02:39:00

I have use DataTextFormatString for formating string of dropdownlist

con.Open();
// string caseTtl_qry = "select distinct( Case_Title) from tblLegealCases";
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("GetSingleEntryDates", con);
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Empid", Session["Empid"]);
DataTable dt = new DataTable();

SqlDataAdapter sqlDa = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd);
sqlDa.Fill(dt);
DropDownSingleEntryDate.DataTextField = "attendance_date";
DropDownSingleEntryDate.DataTextFormatString = string.Format("{0:d/M/yyyy}", DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString());
DropDownSingleEntryDate.DataSource = dt;
DropDownSingleEntryDate.DataBind();
con.Close();

and output is in dropdownlist as
24/04/2013

thanks
vilas