Ihechi Alozie

Ihechi Alozie

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How to bind database data to DropdownList inside Repeater

Sep 14 2017 12:31 PM
Greetings mates,
This is my first time here. Please take it easy on me.
I have been trying for the past two days to try to bind a data from the database to DropDownList in Repeater control but no luck so far.
I have the following:

  1. private void SetInitialRow2(string registerNumber, string bregisterNumber)  
  2. {  
  3.     DataTable dt;  
  4.     if (ViewState["CurrentTable"] == null)  
  5.     {  
  6.         dt = new DataTable();  
  7.         DataRow dr = null;  
  8.         //Create DataTable columns  
  9.         dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("RowNumber", typeof(string)));  
  10.         dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("PrevOnwerName", typeof(string)));  
  11.         dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("prevAddr", typeof(string)));  
  12.         dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("prevCity", typeof(string)));  
  13.         dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("PrevState", typeof(string)));  
  14.         dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("prevzip", typeof(string)));  
  15.   
  16.         //Create Row for each columns  
  17.         dr = dt.NewRow();  
  18.         dr["RowNumber"] = 1;  
  19.         dr["PrevOnwerName"] = string.Empty;  
  20.         dr["prevAddr"] = string.Empty;  
  21.         dr["prevCity"] = string.Empty;  
  22.         dr["PrevState"] = string.Empty;  
  23.         dr["prevzip"] = string.Empty;  
  24.         dt.Rows.Add(dr);  
  25.     }  
  26.     else  
  27.     {  
  28.         dt = (DataTable)ViewState["CurrentTable"];  
  29.     }  
  30.     //Store the DataTable in ViewState for future reference  
  31.     ViewState["CurrentTable"] = dt;  
  32.     if (dt.Rows.Count > 0)  
  33.     {  
  34.         //Bind the Repeater with the DataTable  
  35.         Repeater2.DataSource = dt;  
  36.         Repeater2.DataBind();  
  37.     }  
  38. }  

Then I have a stored procedure that pulls these records from the database.

The SP is called like this:

  1.     private void getRecs(int pin)  
  2.     {  
  3.         SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(connStr);  
  4.         SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("sp_AllRecs", conn);  
  5.         cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;  
  6.         SqlParameter p1 = new SqlParameter("@pin", pin);  
  7.         cmd.Parameters.Add(p1);  
  8.         SqlDataAdapter sda = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd);  
  9.         DataTable dtPrevRecs = new DataTable();  
  10.         sda.Fill(dtPrevRecs);  
  11.         if (dtPrevRecs.Rows.Count > 0)  
  12.         {  
  13.             Repeater2.DataSource = dtPrevRecs;  
  14.             Repeater2.DataBind();  
  15.             ViewState["CurrentTable"] = dtPrevRecs;  
  16.         }  
  17. }  
I am also populating State DropDownList with the following:
      
  1. con = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["constr"].ToString());  
  2.  string sSQL = "Select sID,sName from states ORDER By sName ASC";  
  3.  // Response.Write(sSQL);  
  4.  //Response.End();  
  5.  SqlCommand cmd3 = new SqlCommand(sSQL, con);  
  6.  con.Open();  
  7.  cstable = new DataTable();  
  8. able.Load(cmd3.ExecuteReader());  
 Finally, my markup:
  1. <asp:DropDownList ID="ddlPrevState" cssClass="disabledcss" runat="server" AppendDataBoundItems="True">  
  2. <asp:ListItem Value="" Selected="True"></asp:ListItem>  
  3. </asp:DropDownList>  
My question is when a user enters an account number, all records associated with that account populates the repeater form except the State dropdownlist.

Any ideas how to bind the data to the State dropdownlist? 

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