Question

I hope my question is describing itself =) I tried to do everything but I don’t seem to get why it’s not working!

My CheckBoxList :

    <asp:CheckBoxList ID="chkbxlstCuisines" runat="server">
    </asp:CheckBoxList>

My code-behind :

    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        string cuisinesSelectStatement = "SELECT Cuisines.CuisineId, Cuisines.CuisineType FROM Cuisines";


        SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["MyDbConnection"].ConnectionString);
        SqlCommand comm = new SqlCommand(cuisinesSelectStatement , conn);
        SqlDataReader reader1;

        conn.Open();
        reader1 = comm.ExecuteReader();
        chkbxlstCuisines.DataSource = reader1;
        chkbxlstCuisines.DataBind();

        while (reader1.Read())
        {
            chkbxlstCuisines.DataValueField = reader1["CuisineId"].ToString();
            chkbxlstCuisines.DataTextField = reader1["CuisineType"].ToString();
        }    
            //conn.Close();
    }

I hope someone figure it out, I know it’s gonna be a little mistake because I fixed this error before but now I really don’t know what’s wrong!
Thanks in advance guys! =)

Edit:

I think the problem is with the casting, because the output is five checkboxes and my database contains exactly five items!

OUTPUT :

System.Data.Common.DataRecordInternal
System.Data.Common.DataRecordInternal
System.Data.Common.DataRecordInternal
System.Data.Common.DataRecordInternal

Answer 1

You don’t need the “while” code; your code should be:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    string cuisinesSelectStatement = "SELECT Cuisines.CuisineId, Cuisines.CuisineType FROM Cuisines";


    SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["MyDbConnection"].ConnectionString);
    SqlCommand comm = new SqlCommand(cuisinesSelectStatement , conn);
    SqlDataReader reader1;
    chkbxlstCuisines.DataValueField = "CuisineId";
    chkbxlstCuisines.DataTextField = "CuisineType";
    conn.Open();
    reader1 = comm.ExecuteReader();
    chkbxlstCuisines.DataSource = reader1;

    chkbxlstCuisines.DataBind();


        //conn.Close();
}

DataValueField is the name of the field in your bound object that contains value.
DataTextField is teh name of teh field in your bound object that contains display text.