ASP.Net MVC Dropdownlist and selected value problem

Dear All,

im facing a problem while styling my ddl, what i did is:

<div class="stlGradient">
<asp ropDownList ID="DropDownList1" runat="server" style="background-color:Transparent;border:none;" Width="100%"></asp: dropDownList>
</div>

the DIV style is having a bg image repeated X.

I have a detailsview with a dropdownlist in it. the detailsview is connected to a database table(employees having the following fields: id-smallint,name-nvarchar, departmnet-smallint). the ddl is connected to another table (departments with the following fields: id-smallint, departmentName-nvarchar). the ddl is in the edititemTempalte of the department field. My goal is to display in  the itemtemplate the departmentName (the selected value from the edititemtemplate ). How can I do this? Doyou have any ideas?

thanks a lot

Hi,

I'm new in this forum and I really hope you'll be able to help me.

I converted a field in the detailsview into a template field and put a dropdownlist in the <InsertItemTemplate> and it worked great. This is the code I put:

<InsertItemTemplate><asp:DropDownList runat="server" DataSourceID="sdsGenresPossible" DataTextField="Genre"  DataValueField="Index" SelectedValue='<%# Bind("Genre") %>' ></asp:DropDownList></InsertItemTemplate>

Now, I tried to do the same thing for the <EditItemTemplate> . This is the code I put there:

<EditItemTemplate><asp:DropDownList runat="server" DataSourceID="sdsGenresPossible" DataTextField="Genre" DataValueField="Index" SelectedValue='<%# Bind("Genre") %>' ></asp:DropDownList></EditItemTemplate>  

When I change the DV properties I do see that a dropdownlist was  added but when I run the program and click on "Edit" in the DV nothing happens (however when I click on "Insert" it works fine).

This is the Select command for the data source I used:

<asp:SqlDataSource runat="server"
          

<div>
      <span>
          <asp:Label ID="Label18" runat="server" Text="Vrsta kreditne kartice"></asp:Label></span><span
class="formw"><asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList2" Selected="True" width="200px" runat="server">
              <asp:ListItem>Visa</asp:ListItem>
              <asp:ListItem>MasterCard</asp:ListItem>
              <asp:ListItem>Diners Club Card</asp:ListItem>
              </asp:DropDownList>
          </span>
    </div>

div.row {
  clear: both;
  padding-top: 5px;
  }

div.row span.label {
  float: left;
  width: 175px;
  text-align: left;
  color:White;
  }

div.row span.formw {
  float: left;
  width: 500px;
  text-align: left;
/*  margin:0 0 0 10px;*/

  } 

Hello,

I created an Html Helper that renders 3 drop down lists (Day, Month and Year) for a field of type DateTime:

    public static MvcHtmlString Date(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, String name, IEnumerable<SelectListItem> days, IEnumerable<SelectListItem> months, IEnumerable<SelectListItem> years, IDictionary<String, Object> htmlAttributes) {

      if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(name)) throw new ArgumentNullException("name", "Name cannot be null");

      StringBuilder fields = new StringBuilder();

      if (days != null)
        fields.Append(htmlHelper.DropDownList(String.Format("{0}.Day", name), days, String.Empty, htmlAttributes));

      if (months != null)
        fields.Append(htmlHelper.DropDownList(String.Format("{0}.Month", name), months, String.Empty, htmlAttributes));

      if (years != null)
        fields.Append(htmlHelper.DropDownList(String.Format("{0}.Year", name), years, String.Empty, htmlAttributes));

      return MvcHtmlString.Create(fields.ToString());     

    } // Date

And I have a DateFor extension:

    public static MvcHtmlString DateFor<TModel, TProperty>(this HtmlHelper<TModel> htmlHelper, Expression<Func<TModel, TProperty>> expression, IEnumerable<S