hi guys,

i am using asp.net2.0 in VS2005.

The case i am having is that i have a dropdownlist with a list of values like item one , item two and item three; inside the DB i am storing the values as number not the item name like 1 for item one, 2 for item two and so on.

what i want is that when retrieving the item from the DB i want the displaied name to be the real name which is item one and so on....

how to do that???

please need your help

use
dropdownlist.SelectedValue when u want to display DB Retrieved Value
B'coz ur Value in dropdownlist is no and
us Seleted item is Name .

So use dropdownlist.SelectedValue
Hope it help