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Asked: 2026-05-10T17:04:39+00:00

I am using a codebehind page in ASP.NET to perform a SQL query. The

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I am using a codebehind page in ASP.NET to perform a SQL query. The query is loaded into a string, the connection is established (To Oracle), and we get it started by having the connection perform .ExecuteReader into a OleDBDataReader (We’ll call it DataRead). I’ll try to hammer out an example below. (Consider Drop as an ASP DropDownList control)

Dim LookFor as String = 'Fuzzy Bunnies'  While DataRead.Read     If LookFor = DataRead.Item('Kinds of Bunnies') Then         'Meets special critera, do secondary function'           Drop.Items.Add(DataRead.Item('Subgroup of Bunnies'))          ...     End if     ... End While

This is the only way I know of doing a dynamic add to a DropDownList. However, each item in a DropDownList has a .text property and a .value property. How can we define the .value as being different from the .text in code?

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  1. The Add function can take a ListItem, so you can do

    Dim li as new ListItem(DataRead.Item('Subgroup of Bunnies'), 'myValue') Drop.Items.Add(li)
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