how can i get name of that dropdown?

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hi good evening..
in my project while saving dropdown selected value its adding id of that selected value..i bind to dropdwon from other table..and while retrieving tat value am getting code.

how can i get name of that dropdown..i mean selected dropdown value not as id value?am using dynamic in my project.

i tried but am getting id of that value.
from tblGroup table am binding data to Dropdown in tblGroup contains..grpID,grpName
and i created one webform..from NewWebForm while saving data its saving to tblDocumentMaster tables column dmProjectCode (as tblGroup tables column grpID value)
so while retrieving i want grpName as dmProjectCode.but am displaying grpID..

see below code and suggest me..

ASM

DocumentMasterBLL objDMBusiness = new DocumentMasterBLL();
               DataSet ds = new DataSet();
               ds = objDMBusiness.GetLastEnteredDocumentDetails(DID, DocType);

string ProjectBid = ds.Tables[0].Rows[0]["dmProjectCode"].ToString();

SessionManager.CurrentProject = ProjectBid;

please help me to solve this..

thank you..

Posted 29-Aug-12 0:37am

ythisbug

Updated 29-Aug-12 0:53am

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__TR__ 29-Aug-12 6:47am

"how can i get name of that dropdown" - I am assuming you want to get the value displayed in dropdownlist.

try:
yourDropDownList.SelectedItem.Text

ythisbug 29-Aug-12 6:54am

am using dynamic in my project.thanks

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Raje_ · Answer 1 · 2012-08-29T00:54:00

Solution 1

Hi try this:-

C#

string Name = DropDownList1.SelectedItem.Text;
//DropDownList1 is your DropDownList Control's ID.

All the Best.
--Rajesh.

Posted 29-Aug-12 0:54am

Raje_

Santhosh Kumar Jayaraman · Answer 2 · 2012-08-29T00:55:00

Solution 2

Use

C#

dropdownList1.Text

to get the selected value in the dropdown

Posted 29-Aug-12 0:55am

Santhosh Kumar Jayaraman

_Amy · Answer 3 · 2012-08-29T01:16:00

While binding the dropdown list you should take care of this. There is two properties which we need to set generally while binding the dropdownlist.
1. DataTextField
2. DataValueField
Set DataValueField value as your ID and DataValueField as your Name.

Then try calling this:

C#

string name = DropDownList1.SelectedItem.Text;

Now this time you'll get your required output. Avoid these kind of miner mistakes.

All the best.
--Amit