Multiple fields in a DropDownList

[tshad]

Is there a way to do something like:

UserList.DataSource=theDataSet
if ShowUserRoles.Checked then
UserList.DataTextField= "NameUserName" & " / " & "RoleDescription"
else
UserList.DataTextField= "NameUserName"
end if
UserList.DataValueField="UserID"
UserList.databind()

I could assign a variable to the Select statement that does it, but I would
prefer to do it here, if possible.

Thanks,

Tom

 

[Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]]

There's no good way to adjust the data once it's in the DropDownList.
Therefore you should make the change in the underlying DataSet before you
bind it to the DropDownList. It might be easiest to do this in your initial
Select statement...

 

[tshad]

There's no good way to adjust the data once it's in the DropDownList.
Therefore you should make the change in the underlying DataSet before you
bind it to the DropDownList. It might be easiest to do this in your
initial Select statement...

That was what I figured.

Thanks,

Tom

 

[Patrick.O.Ige]

As steve adviced just trying doing e.g
strSQLQuery = "SELECT id, " _
& "RTRIM(email) + ' ' + RTRIM(lastname) AS name " _
& "FROM contacts ORDER BY id;"
Hope that helps
Patrick

There's no good way to adjust the data once it's in the DropDownList.
Therefore you should make the change in the underlying DataSet before you
bind it to the DropDownList. It might be easiest to do this in your
initial Select statement...

That was what I figured.

Thanks,

Tom