I'm trying to bind an XML file containing a list of books to a Drop Down List box and can't make it work. Here is the code:

void Page_Load(){
    DataSet dataSet = new DataSet();
    dataSet.ReadXml(Server.MapPath("books.xml"));

    ArrayList myArrayList = new ArrayList();
    foreach(DataRow item in dataSet.Tables[0].Rows){
        myArrayList.Add(item);
    }
    ddlBooks.DataSource=myArrayList;
    ddlBooks.DataBind();
The DropDownList box fills with System.Data.DataRow.

to complete filling the dropdown list you have to do so>>
    ddlBooks.DataSource=myArrayList;
ddlBooks.textfield="Bookname"
    ddlBooks.valuefield="Bookid"
    ddlBooks.DataBind();

Ahmed Ali
Software Developer

Thanks but that doesn't work. I'm getting the message:
'System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList' does not contain a definition for 'valuefield'and exacly the same for textfield.