how to bind a dropdownlist in gridview?

Question

I have a gridview in which every row contains a dropdownlist. I want to bind every dropdownlist dynamically. Can someone tell me how can i do it. Thanks in Advance

Answer 1

Binding the GridView

Below is the code to Bind the GridView control with data.

C#

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   if (!IsPostBack) 
   {
     this.BindData();   
   }
} 

private void BindData()
{
   string query = "SELECT top 10 * FROM Customers";    
   SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(query);    
   gvCustomers.DataSource = GetData(cmd);    
   gvCustomers.DataBind(); 
}

private DataTable GetData(SqlCommand cmd)
{    
    string strConnString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["conString"].ConnectionString;    
    using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(strConnString))   
    {        
       using (SqlDataAdapter sda = new SqlDataAdapter())     
       {            
          cmd.Connection = con;            
          sda.SelectCommand = cmd;            
          using (DataTable dt = new DataTable())  
          {                
              sda.Fill(dt);                
              return dt;
          }     
       }   
    }
}