Question

Well, based on dropdown value I need the values in my form to be inserted into the Database table.. But it is not working now..

This is my aspx page-

<asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList1" class="box" runat="server" AutoPostBack="True">
        <asp:ListItem>Confirm Order</asp:ListItem>
        <asp:ListItem>Tentative Order</asp:ListItem>
    </asp:DropDownList>

And then I used switch..

switch (DropDownList1.SelectedValue) 
{ 
    case "Confirm Order": 
        ... INSERT 
    break; 
    case "Tentative Order": 
        ...Insert 
    break;
}

But its giving an error-

No mapping exists from object type System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListItem to a known managed provider native type.

What is the right way of doing it?

Answer 1

Make sure you are using:

DropDownList1.SelectedValue

or

DropDownList1.SelectedItem.Value

or

DropDownList1.SelectedItem.Text

in your INSERT Queries.

(And not DropDownList1.SelectedItem – this will give ListItem)