How to bind dropdown box using session ?

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How to bind dropdown box using session ?

1st page

C#

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        LoadRetrieve();
       Session["ddcity"] = ddCity.Items;
    }

    public void LoadRetrieve()
    {
        SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(ConnString);

        string selectSql = "Select * from quest_categories ";
        SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(selectSql, conn);


        conn.Open();

        ddCity.DataSource = cmd.ExecuteReader();
        ddCity.DataTextField = "City"; // Column Name
        ddCity.DataValueField = "Sr_No"; // Primary Key


        this.DataBind();
        conn.Close();

       
    }

2n page

C#

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   // this is not the correct code... I want correct one
    foreach (ListItem item in Session["ddcity"].ToString())
    {
        DropDownList1.Items.Add(item);
    }
}

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Posted 10-Jun-11 21:35pm

sat_100m

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parmar_punit · Answer 1 · 2011-06-11T00:14:00

This may help you
First Page

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    LoadRetrieve();
    
}
public void LoadRetrieve()
{
    SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(ConnString);
    string selectSql = "Select * from quest_categories ";
    SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(selectSql, conn);
    conn.Open();
    SqlDataReader dr = cmd.ExecuteReader();
    DataTable dt = new DataTable();
    dt.Load(dr);
    conn.Close();
    Session["ddcity"] = dt;
    ddCity.DataSource = dt;
    ddCity.DataTextField = "City"; // Column Name
    ddCity.DataValueField = "Sr_No"; // Primary Key
    ddCity.DataBind();
}

Second Page

C#

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   if(Session["ddcity"]!=null)
   {
       DataTable dt = (DataTable) Session["ddcity"];
       ddCity.DataSource = dt;
       ddCity.DataTextField = "City"; // Column Name
       ddCity.DataValueField = "Sr_No"; // Primary Key
       ddCity.DataBind();
   }
}

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