How do I...get a value from db to dropdownlist

C#

using System.Data.SqlClient;
In our Web.config, we declare the connections string:

XHTML

<appsettings>
<add key="ConnString" value="Data Source=CLIENT-TASK2\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=BasicDataAccess;Integrated Security=True" />
</appsettings>

The ASPX page will look something like this:

ASP
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div align="center">
<table><tr><th>Name:</th><td><asp:dropdownlist id="DropDownList1" runat="server" xmlns:asp="#unknown">
</asp:dropdownlist></td></tr>
<tr><th>City:</th><td><asp:dropdownlist id="DropDownList2" runat="server" xmlns:asp="#unknown">
</asp:dropdownlist></td></tr></table>
</div>
</form>

IN the code-behind, we can create two methods and then call them on page load:

C#

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Data.SqlClient;

public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Populate1();
Populate2();
}

public void Populate1()
{
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("SELECT * FROM [tblOne]", new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ConnString"]));
cmd.Connection.Open();

SqlDataReader ddlValues;
ddlValues = cmd.ExecuteReader();

DropDownList1.DataSource = ddlValues;
DropDownList1.DataValueField = "theName";
DropDownList1.DataTextField = "theName";
DropDownList1.DataBind();

cmd.Connection.Close();
cmd.Connection.Dispose();
}

public void Populate2()
{
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("SELECT * FROM [tblOne]", new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ConnString"]));
cmd.Connection.Open();

SqlDataReader ddlValues;
ddlValues = cmd.ExecuteReader();

DropDownList2.DataSource = ddlValues;
DropDownList2.DataValueField = "theCity";
DropDownList2.DataTextField = "theCity";
DropDownList2.DataBind();

cmd.Connection.Close();
cmd.Connection.Dispose();
}
}