>>Hi,
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>>I have a data view of all records and all columns in a table. Then this data view is bound to a drop down control. Here is the segment of the code:
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>>dvPriority = BizObject.GetPriority();
>>ddlPriority.DataSource = dvPriority;
>>ddlPriority.DataValueField = "PRIORITY";
>>ddlPriority.DataBind();
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>>When user selects a record from the drop-down list I can easily get the value of the bound column as
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>>this.ddlPriority.SelectedValue.ToString())
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>>But how can I get the value of some other column. For example, say this table has column "NUM_DAYS" (type Integer). How can I determine the value in this column based on the selected value? TIA.
>
>Try:
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var value = ((System.Data.DataRowView)ddlPriority.SelectedItem).Row["NUM_DAYS"];
Another thing the compiler complains is that 'Cannot convert type System.Web.UI.Controls.ListItem' to 'System.Data.DataRowView'. Please let me know if you see anything that has to be changed. Thank you.
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