hi, i got a dropdown list whic bind to a database field, and, if there is listitem inside the dropdownlist, i need to do something, if not, i'll do something else...

here is my code,

                dim objCmd1 as OleDbCommand = new OleDbCommand("SELECT SentTime FROM Instructions WHERE Status ='" & Outstanding & "'", Conn1)
                        dim objReader1 as OleDbDataReader

                        objCmd1.Connection.Open()
                         objReader1=objCmd1.ExecuteReader
                         DdlInstructList.DataSource = objReader1
                         DdlInstructList.DataBind()
                         objReader1.Close
                        objCmd1.Connection.Close()

                  if DdlInstrucList........


the problem is... i dont know how can i check is there any listitem inside the dropDownList... can any1 show me the way to check it? or provide some documentation? thanks!

Best Regards
life's Ng

DdlInstructList.Items.Count will return you the count of the items in the dropdownlist.

ListItemCollection "Items" is a member of the DropDownList. (sorry, These were links to a framework browser, but they didn't work apparently.)

Peter

Ok, apparently the links do work, but only if they are not used in the "Forum Code" url tag.

Here are the links that were originally there:

DropDownList:
http://docs.aspng.com/quickstart/asp...s=DropDownList

ListItemCollection:
http://docs.aspng.com/quickstart/asp...ItemCollection

Peter

yeah thanks alot Peter! here is the code that im using it.

if DdlInstructList.Items.Count>0
.....
else
.....
end if