Question

I have a table in SQL Server 2008, where for each value id, I have inserted a list of values with comma delimited.

So In the front end, when I select a particular id from the DropDownList, I want to retieve the comma delimited values separately into to a ListBox.

Hope my question is clear. Kindly help…

Answer 1

Try this

 //doing this in front end - C#
 string values = getValuesFromDB(dropdownList.SelectedValue);
 myListBox.DataSource = values.Split(',');
 myListBox.DataBind();

OR

 foreach(string s in values.Split(','))
 {
   myListBox.Items.Add(s);
 }

There are also answers on SO that shows how to convert CSV to table and am sorry for not asking which SQL database you are using

UPDATE

private string getValuesFromDB(string selectedID)
{
    //this might not be the rea; query
    string query = "SELECT commaValues FROM myTable WHERE id = " + selectedID; 
    ....
    ....
    string commaSeparatedValues = "retrieved values from this recod";
    return commaSeparatedValues;
}