I'm working on an ASP.NET 2.0 web page right now (using C#), and am
trying to figure out how I can conditionally disable a drop down linst
on the page if the datasource that it is bound to has no items.

I tried in the Page_Load event checking how many items are in the list
(ddl.Items.Count), but that always returned 0, meaning that it was
firing the event before the SqlDataSource that is on the page is
returning its list.

Any suggestions?
Thanks

Check the item count after the list has databound.

    Protected Sub DropDownList1_DataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal
e As System.EventArgs) Handles DropDownList1.DataBound
        DropDownList1.Enabled = DropDownList1.Items.Count > 0
    End Sub

That got it.

Thanks

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