hello ..

 i made a dropdownlist populated by datasource 'CurrencyList' inside
 a datagrid populated by datasource 'CompanyList' .. now how do i set
 this dropdown to the value of the saved currency of the CompanyList
 .. & also retrieve it while editing ?

 ive included the code i use ...

 do suggest sumthin ..

<edititemtemplate>
  <asp:TextBox
   class="TextBox"
   id="txtAmt"
   Text='<%# Container.DataItem("Amount") %>'
   runat="server"/>
  <asp:DropDownList
   class="DropDown"
   id="ddlCurrency"
   DataSource='<%# CurrencyList %>'
   DataValueField = "CurrencyGID"
   DataTextField = "CurrencyNick"
   runat="server" />
</edititemtemplate>

Hello,

If that doesn't work for you, you could try using the DataGrid_ItemDataBound event to manually add the databinding to the dropdownlist.

Brian