"Christian" <chris-usenet0903@illeone.at> wrote in message
news:OYjH#B0mDHA.2964@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I have a datagrid on an ASP.NET page, which has a custom columntemplate.
In
> this columntemplate I
> would like to have a DropDownList, which is shown, when the user edits the
> record. However,
> I can't manage to bind the DropDownListField to the underlaying dataset,
so
> it shows
> the contents of the underlying database field.
>
> Here is the relevant ASP Code:
>
> <EditItemTemplate>
> <asp:DropDownList id=dlMediaType runat="server" DataSource='<%#
> DataBinder.Eval(Container, "DataItem.type") %>' Width="168px" Text='<%#
> DataBinder.Eval(Container, "DataItem.type") %>'>
> </asp:DropDownList>
> </EditItemTemplate>
>
> The field from the underlaying table is called "Type".
>
> What I get with this code is, that the DropDownList displays a single
> character of the contents of
> the "type" field in each line of the DropDownList; e.g. if the type field
is
> "DVD (TV)", the
> DropDownList contains
>
> D
> V
> D
>
> (
> T
> V
> )
>
> what's wrong here ? Thanx,
> Christian
>
>

> Shouldn't the datasource be a list of some kind and the text would bind to
> each entity in the list?

>
> "Christian" <chris-usenet0903@illeone.at> wrote in message
> news:OYjH#B0mDHA.2964@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a datagrid on an ASP.NET page, which has a custom columntemplate.
> In
> > this columntemplate I
> > would like to have a DropDownList, which is shown, when the user edits
the
> > record. However,
> > I can't manage to bind the DropDownListField to the underlaying dataset,
> so
> > it shows
> > the contents of the underlying database field.
> >
> > Here is the relevant ASP Code:
> >
> > <EditItemTemplate>
> > <asp:DropDownList id=dlMediaType runat="server" DataSource='<%#
> > DataBinder.Eval(Container, "DataItem.type") %>' Width="168px" Text='<%#
> > DataBinder.Eval(Container, "DataItem.type") %>'>
> > </asp:DropDownList>
> > </EditItemTemplate>
> >
> > The field from the underlaying table is called "Type".
> >
> > What I get with this code is, that the DropDownList displays a single
> > character of the contents of
> > the "type" field in each line of the DropDownList; e.g. if the type
field
> is
> > "DVD (TV)", the
> > DropDownList contains
> >
> > D
> > V
> > D
> >
> > (
> > T
> > V
> > )
> >
> > what's wrong here ? Thanx,
> > Christian
> >
> >
>
>