Question

How can I get the data from stored proc n show on the dropdownbox in c# .net client side? I have to tried the follwoing code but this is not working for me .. 🙁 can anyone tell me what is going wrong here?

   <div id="test-area">
        <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownEventType"  runat="server" CssClass="dropDownEventType" DataSourceID="spdropDownEventType">
                        <asp:ListItem></asp:ListItem>
                    </asp:DropDownList>
                    <asp:AccessDataSource 
                        ConnectionString="<%= ConnectionStrings:ApplicationServices %>"
                        SelectCommand="app_Event_Type_Select" 
                        SelectCommandType="StoredProcedure"  
                        ID="spdropDownEventType" 
                        runat="server"></asp:AccessDataSource>
                </td>
            </tr>
        </table>

    </div>

Answer 1

1. Try to add DataTextField and DataValueField to the DropDownList.

2. Delete the attribute ConnectionString, and set the DataFile preporty codebehind. You can not use <%= %> in a server-side control attribute, it will cause parse error

aspx

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
    <tr>
        <td>
            <asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownEventType"  runat="server" CssClass="dropDownEventType" DataSourceID="spdropDownEventType" 
                DataTextField="yourEventName" 
                DataValueField="yourEventValue">
            </asp:DropDownList>
            <asp:AccessDataSource 
                SelectCommand="app_Event_Type_Select" 
                SelectCommandType="StoredProcedure"  
                ID="spdropDownEventType" 
                runat="server"></asp:AccessDataSource>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table>

cs:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    spdropDownEventType.DataFile = "your access db file path";
}