Why I get “System.Data.DataRowView” instead of real values in my Listbox?

Question

I\'m hoping someone can help. But whenever I run my code and try to view a highscore all I get back in my listbox is System.Data.DataRowView.

Answer 1

Like I said in the comments, please add lstNames.DataBind() to your code.

MySqlConnection myConn = new MySqlConnection(connStr);

string sqlStr = "SELECT CONCAT(Name, ' ', Score) as NameAndScore " + 
                "FROM highscore ORDER BY Score DESC";

MySqlDataAdapter dAdapter = new MySqlDataAdapter(sqlStr, myConn);
DataTable dTable = new DataTable();
dAdapter.Fill(dTable);
dAdapter.Dispose();
lstNames.DisplayMember = "NameAndScore";
lstNames.ValueMember = "NameAndScore";
lstNames.DataSource = dTable;

EDIT:

Can you try this instead:

MySqlConnection myConn = new MySqlConnection(connStr);

    string sqlStr = "SELECT CONCAT(Name, ' ', Score) as NameAndScore " + 
                    "FROM highscore ORDER BY Score DESC";

  myConn .Open();

  SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(sqlStr, SQLConnection1);


      SqlDataReader rd = cmd.ExecuteReader();
      while (rd.Read())
      {
        lstNames.Items.Add(rd[0]);
      }
      rd.Close();
      rd.Dispose();
      myConn.Close();