VB.NET - getting selected value from dropdown

Asked By SVK N on 26-Sep-12 12:18 PM

this is wht i get in debug

    SelectedIndex: 0
    SelectedItem: {System.Data.DataRowView}
    SelectedText: ""
    SelectedValue: {System.Data.DataRowView}
    SelectionLength: 0
    SelectionStart: 0

i jst want the selected item value

how do i get it

in windows based application i hve a dropdown populated with names from db

Jitendra Faye replied to SVK N on 27-Sep-12 01:24 AM

Try this-

SelectedItem.ToString().

SVK N replied to Jitendra Faye on 27-Sep-12 10:53 PM

even on using .tostring i get  {System.Data.DataRowView}

Jitendra Faye replied to SVK N on 28-Sep-12 12:40 AM

First check that what value you are binding to the DropDownList items.

SVK N replied to Jitendra Faye on 28-Sep-12 09:03 AM

?drpemp.selectedvalue.tostring()
"System.Data.DataRowView"

i hve binded correctly

Cosmos Mysore replied to SVK N on 01-Oct-12 05:35 AM

check dropdown textField and ValueField is binded to proper data.

Example:

DropDownList.DataValueField = "Value";
DropDownList.DataTextField = "Text";