I need a very simple example of code to populate a DropDownList using Entity Framework 4.
At the moment I use this code:
using (TestHierarchyEntities context = new TestHierarchyEntities())
{
uxSelectNodeDestinationDisplayer.DataSource = context.CmsCategories.ToList();
uxSelectNodeDestinationDisplayer.DataBind();
}
But it does not work properly... Any idea? Thanks
Something like this should work :
using (TestHierarchyEntities context = new TestHierarchyEntities())
{
var category = (from c in context.context
select new { c.ID, c.Desc }).ToList();
DropDownList1.DataValueField = "MID";
DropDownList1.DataTextField = "MDesc";
DropDownList1.DataSource = category;
DropDownList1.DataBind();
}
This works perfectly:
private COFFEESHOPEntities1 CoffeeContext = new COFFEESHOPEntities1();
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!IsPostBack)
{
//getData();
cbxCategory.DataSource = CoffeeContext.tblProductTypes.ToList();
cbxCategory.DataTextField = "Description";
cbxCategory.DataValueField = "ProductType";
cbxCategory.DataBind();
}
}
using (dbEntities db = new dbEntities())
{
ddlNewEmployee.DataSource = (from emp in db.CC_EMPLOYEE
select new { emp.EmployeeID, emp.EmployeeCode }).ToList();
ddlNewEmployee.DataTextField = "EmployeeCode";
ddlNewEmployee.DataValueField = "EmployeeID";
ddlNewEmployee.DataBind();
}
