dropdown value

[henslecd]

I have a dropdown box...

<aspropDownList id=&quot;ddVendor&quot; runat=&quot;server&quot; Width=&quot;226px&quot; DataTextField=&quot;VENDOR&quot; DataValueField=&quot;PK_VENDOR_ID&quot;></aspropDownList>

I have this in the button_click event...

Dim vendorID as integer

vendorID = ddVendor.SelectedItem.Value

I thought this would get the PK_VENDOR_ID value.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

 

[jmeckley]

2 things to check.

1. Is the dropdown object being populated?
2. Are you selecting an item? If you just populate the field, but do not select an item or default to an item, then no item is selected.

To select a default value add this line of code after you bind the data source.
[tt]ddVendor.SelectedIndex = 0[/tt]
This will select the first item in the list. The default is -1 (no selection.)

Jason Meckley
Database Analyst
WITF

 

[henslecd]

I am populating from a dataset.

I am trying to get the PK_VENDOR_ID that corresponds to the VENDOR I select so I can write it to the database.

 

[jmeckley]

post your code, that may help shed light on the situation.

Jason Meckley
Database Analyst
WITF

 

[henslecd]

Nevermind.

I just used the old ASP way ...I thought it was different in ASP.NET.

vendorID = Request.Form(&quot;ddVendor&quot

Thank you for your time.