Question

I realize that you can easily set up a dropdownlist in a gridview using a SqlDataSource, but what about a limited list containing only listitems? Putting a Bind in the selected value does not seem to work without a DataSource. Here’s an example of what I’ve got so far.

<EditItemTemplate>
   <asp:DropDownList ID="Fund"  runat="server" SelectedValue='<%# Bind("Fund") %>' >
      <asp:ListItem  Value="">---</asp:ListItem>
      <asp:ListItem Value="Test1">Test</asp:ListItem>
      <asp:ListItem Value="Test2">Test2</asp:ListItem>
   </asp:DropDownList>
</EditItemTemplate>

It seems like such a stupid little problem to have, to the point where I’m about to just go make a static 10 row table in my database.

Answer 1

Try this:

Dictionary<string, string> items= new Dictionary<string, string>();
items.Add("-1","-Select-");
items.Add("Test1", "Test1");
items.Add("Test2", "Test2");
ddl.DataSource = items;
ddl.DataValueField = "Key";
ddl.DataTextField = "Value";
ddl.DataBind();