Chapter 15 - Exercise #2

Tulsi · January 24th, 2013, 04:20 PM

Hi Imar,

I noticed that the genre gets selected correctly even though I forgot to enter the line, DropDownList1.DataBind().

I'm a little confused as to why it still works? Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks.
Tulsi

Tulsi · January 24th, 2013, 04:34 PM

I forgot to attach the code that I used ...

Code:

if (!Page.IsPostBack)
        {
            string genreId = Request.QueryString.Get("GenreId");

            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(genreId))
            {                                
                DropDownList1.SelectedValue = genreId.ToString();                
            }
        }

I noticed that I did not do the FindByValue(genreId) check. When I add this check in, I needed to do the databind.

Just curious as to why my initial code works without the databind?

thanks.
Tulsi

Imar · January 25th, 2013, 03:38 PM

.NET calls DataBind for your controls as well during the data binding life cycle stage. When you set the SelectedValue, the control remembers that value and then uses it later when it is binding to preselect the correct item.

Cheers,

Imar

Imar · January 25th, 2013, 03:44 PM

Forgot to answer the FIndByValue part. That requires data binding indeed as when you call it, the item is looked for in the Items collection. Without binding, the Items collection is empty and the item is not found.

With SelectedValue, all the control needs is to store the value locally and use it later when DataBind is called implicitly....

Imar