Question

I have a static dropdown with the following html.

    <asp:DropDownList width="100px" ID="dropDownActive"  Runat="server">
         <asp:ListItem Text="Inactive" Value="0"/>
         <asp:ListItem Text="Active" Value="1" />
    </asp:DropDownList>

I try to populate the selected value based off of data, but it has the the value of 0 before I get to it and will not accept a new value.

dropDownActive.SelectedValue = (support.Active)? "Active": "Inactive";

Answer 1

The values of your dropdown are “0” and “1”, not “Active” and “Inactive”

dropDownActive.SelectedValue = (support.Active)? "1": "0";