GridView multiple DDL

3 Nov 2006 7:01 PM

Chuck P

I need to fill 5 DDLs when editing a row in GridView.
There are no cascading dependcies on the DropDownLists

Should I create 5 DataSources one for each DDL's DataSourceID or is there a
better/faster way to do this in 2.0?

In asp.net 1.x I would put the ddl loading code in dataGrid1_ItemDataBound.

6 Nov 2006 8:21 AM

Walter Wang [MSFT]

Hi,

As you mentioned, your question is want to know if there're any new way to
easily use cascading 5 DropDownList in ASP.NET 2.0 without using 5
DataSource or use code-behind.

Based on my understanding, I'm afraid there're no new way to do this. I
would suggest you stick to the code-behind approach since you're already
familiar with it.

Sincerely,
Walter Wang (waw***@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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8 Nov 2006 2:43 PM

Chuck P

The difference I see are:
I the old style I guess uses less events you only need one.
The new style puts caching of the dataset though. Doesn't really
explain what happens behind the covers though.

9 Nov 2006 2:26 AM

Walter Wang [MSFT]

Hi Chuck,

I understand that in 1.1 you're binding the 5 DDL in DataGrid's
ItemDataBound event. I think you could still do this in GridView, the only
change is that you handle this in GridView's RowDataBound event, it's like
DataGrid's ItemDataBound.

Regards,
Walter Wang (waw***@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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