How Do I Concatenate Two Columns In Drop Down List

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this is my server side code:

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private void AddLeaveTypeCodeToDDl()
   {
       ddlLeaveTypeCode.Items.Add(new ListItem("", "0"));
       ddlLeaveTypeCode.DataSourceID = string.Empty;
       ddlLeaveTypeCode.DataSource = fetchData.NAVLeaveTypeList();
       ddlLeaveTypeCode.DataBind();
   }

this is my client side code:::

XML

<asp:DropDownList ID="ddlLeaveTypeCode" runat="server" DataTextField="Leave_Type_Code"
                            DataValueField="Key" AutoPostBack="True" OnSelectedIndexChanged="ddlLeaveTypeCode_SelectedIndexChanged"
                            AppendDataBoundItems="True" Width="184px">
                        </asp:DropDownList>

currently only Leave_Type_Code is shown on ddlLeaveTypeCode. the current format is " AL " .. but i wanted Description to be added along with leavetypecode. the format is like " Al - Annual Leave " here, fetchData.NAVLeaveTypeList() returns array of records.. how can i do it!!!

Posted 10-Mar-14 23:08pm

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AndrewCharlz 11-Mar-14 5:25am

when u create a list join two column into one and this way u can do

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Karthik_Mahalingam · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-10T23:47:00

Solution 1

Try this

C#

ddlLeaveTypeCode.Items.Add(new ListItem("", "0"));
            var data  = fetchData.NAVLeaveTypeList();
            for (int i = 0; i < data.Length; i++)
            {
                var item = data[i];
                ddlLeaveTypeCode.Items.Add(new ListItem() { Text = item.Leave_Type_Code + "-" + item.Description, Value = item.Key });
            }

let me know if you face any issues...

Posted 10-Mar-14 23:47pm

Karthik_Mahalingam

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Codes DeCodes 11-Mar-14 20:13pm

sure karthik.

Codes DeCodes 13-Mar-14 6:26am

thanks karthik.. it worked..

Karthik_Mahalingam 14-Mar-14 4:53am

:)