how to bind ASP.Net DropDownList control in EditItemTemplate of GridView on edit(imagebutton)click

Question

I have requirement to bind ASP.Net DropDownList control in EditItemTemplate of GridView. I have a edit imagebutton with commandname=\"Edit\"also dropdown needs to be binded

Answer 1

Code: Try this

protected void gv_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewEditEventArgs e)
    {
     if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
      {
            if ((e.Row.RowState & DataControlRowState.Edit) > 0)
            {
              DropDownList ddList= (DropDownList)e.Row.FindControl("DStatusEdit");
              //bind dropdownlist
              DataTable dt = con.GetData("select distinct status from directory");
              ddList.DataSource = dt;
              ddList.DataTextField = "YourCOLName";
              ddList.DataValueField = "YourCOLName";
              ddList.DataBind();

              DataRowView dr = e.Row.DataItem as DataRowView;
              //ddList.SelectedItem.Text = dr["YourCOLName"].ToString();
              ddList.SelectedValue = dr["YourCOLName"].ToString();
            }
       }
    }

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