Question

I trie to create a dropdown list in c# .net server side … but this is not working .. anyone know what is it going wrong here?

    string conncetionStr = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["ApplicationServices"].ConnectionString;
    SqlConnection msSQLConnectoin = new SqlConnection(conncetionStr);
    SqlCommand msSQLCommand = msSQLConnectoin.CreateCommand();

    msSQLCommand.CommandText = "app_Event_Type_Select";
    msSQLConnectoin.Open();
    SqlDataReader msDataReader = msSQLCommand.ExecuteReader();

    while (msDataReader.Read())
    {
        dropDown.DataSource = msDataReader["Name"].ToString(); 
        dropDown.DataTextField = msDataReader["Name"].ToString();
        dropDown.DataValueField = msDataReader["EventTypeID"].ToString(); 
        dropDown.DataBind();

    }

Answer 1

string conncetionStr = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["ApplicationServices"].ConnectionString;
SqlConnection msSQLConnectoin = new SqlConnection(conncetionStr);
SqlCommand msSQLCommand = msSQLConnectoin.CreateCommand();

msSQLCommand.CommandText = "app_Event_Type_Select";
msSQLConnectoin.Open();
SqlDataReader msDataReader = msSQLCommand.ExecuteReader();


dropDown.DataSource = msDataReader; 
dropDown.DataTextField = "Name";
dropDown.DataValueField = "EventTypeID"; 
dropDown.DataBind();
msSQLConnectoin.Close();
msSQLConnectoin.Dispose();

dropDown.Items.Insert(0, "--Select Name--");
}

Replace msDataReader["Name"].ToString() with your data reader name msDataReader