How to show item in dropdownlist as being selected when we have corresponding datatextfield from gridview selected row

Question

Code:

DataSet ds = _dalEquipmentwiseCheckList.getEquipmentName();

ddEquipmentName.DataSource = ds.Tables[0].DefaultView;

ddEquipmentName.DataTextField = ds.Tables[0].Columns[1].ToString();
ddEquipmentName.DataValueField = ds.Tables[0].Columns[0].ToString();
ddEquipmentName.DataBind();

What I want is: when selecting a row in the GridView, the corresponding equipment name should get selected in the dropdown list:

var selectRow = MyGridView.SelectedRow;

ddEquipmentName.SelectedValue = selectRow.Cells[2].Text;
****//this is giving me error****

This will help you--easily translated to C#: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17981920/how-to-select-a-value-of-a-dropdownlist-that-has-been-returned-from-a-database — Garrison Neely, Aug 13 '13 at 20:22

afzalulh · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-14T13:21:07.887

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Selected value does not work in this way. Try this:

ddEquipmentName.SelectedIndex = ddEquipmentName.Items.IndexOf(ddEquipmentName.Items.FindByText(selectRow.Cells[2].Text));

edited Aug 14 '13 at 13:21

answered Aug 14 '13 at 00:31

afzalulh

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your code work as i used FindByText in place of FindByValue thanks – dhiraj Aug 14 '13 at 10:58

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 11 '16 at 03:42

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You can try :

GridViewRow selectRow = MyGridView.SelectedRow;    
ddEquipmentName.selectedItem.Text = selectRow.Cells[2].Text;

edited Mar 11 '16 at 03:42

Irshad

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answered Aug 14 '13 at 06:12

user1343227

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 11 '16 at 03:43

 void setDataContext()
{
    var selectRow = GridEquipmentChechList.MyGridView.SelectedRow;
    if (selectRow != null)
    {
        txtECNumber.Text = selectRow.Cells[1].Text;
        **ddEquipmentName.SelectedIndex = ddEquipmentName.Items.IndexOf(ddEquipmentName.Items.FindByText(selectRow.Cells[2].Text));**
        **ddDescription.SelectedIndex = ddDescription.Items.IndexOf(ddDescription.Items.FindByText(selectRow.Cells[3].Text));**
    }
}

How to show item in dropdownlist as being selected when we have corresponding datatextfield from gridview selected row

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