how to read dropdownlist value in grid

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I have very simple GridView as seen here called GridView1

Inside of it I have dropdown list called DropDownList1

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Counselors Selection">
<itemtemplate>
<asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList1" Width="100%" runat="server" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource2" DataTextField="user_name" DataValueField="user_name" AutoPostBack="True" AppendDataBoundItems="true">
<asp:ListItem Text="--Select--" Value="">

<asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource2" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ocean4d_devConnectionString %>" SelectCommand="SELECT [user_name] FROM [AgencyUser] WHERE ([agency_id] = @agency_id)">
<SelectParameters>
<asp:SessionParameter Name="agency_id" SessionField="agency_id" Type="Int32" />
</SelectParameters>

How can I in asp.net VisualBasic read the value of it?

I know when it is a normal dropdownlist I would type something like

respose.write(dropdownlist1.selectedvalue)

Anyone can help?

Tnx

Posted 3-Dec-13 4:38am

_Lovro_

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you can get it in row updating event like this..

C#

protected void YourGrid_RowUpdating(object sender, GridViewUpdateEventArgs e)
 {
  DropDownList ddl= (DropDownList )YourGrid.Rows[e.RowIndex].FindControl("ddlId");
  string selectedvalue=ddl.selectedvalue;
 }

Posted 3-Dec-13 4:54am

fixthebugg

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_Lovro_ · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-03T05:07:00

For Each row As GridViewRow In GridView1.Rows
Dim dropDownListText As String = CType(row.FindControl("DropDownList1"),DropDownList).SelectedItem.Value
Response.Write(dropDownListText)
Next

This seems to be working but now I am 50% done

Problem is that now I dont know since there can be multiple rows selected for which row does this dropdown reffer to.

Anyone has an idea how to get now the value of client id?
<asp:boundfield datafield="client_id" headertext="Client #" insertvisible="False" readonly="True" sortexpression="client_id" xmlns:asp="#unknown" />