I have a simple question about filters. I have 4 dropdown lists which filter the data in my web application from MySQL database table. The first dropdown list is already selected showing only one project_id but the others drop down lists displays all the possible values from the database - this is what I made so far.
But I want to display only the data values for that particular project selected.
It's ASP.NET 4.0, C# behind and MySQL database used. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks
check out following links for populating cascading drop down list.
http://www.asp.net/ajaxLibrary/AjaxControlToolkitSampleSite/CascadingDropDown/CascadingDropDown.aspx
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/CascadingDropDown.aspx
http://www.aspsnippets.com/Articles/Creating-Cascading-DropDownLists-in-ASP.Net.aspx
Code:
<table>
<tr>
<td>First</td>
<td><asp:DropDownList ID="DDLFirst" runat="server" AutoPostBack="true"
onselectedindexchanged="DDLFirst_SelectedIndexChanged"></asp:DropDownList></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Secord</td>
<td><asp:DropDownList ID="DDLSecond" runat="server" AutoPostBack="true"
onselectedindexchanged="DDLSecond_SelectedIndexChanged">
<asp:ListItem Text="Select" Value="Select"></asp:ListItem>
</asp:DropDownList></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Thrid</td>
<td><asp:DropDownList ID="DDLThird" runat="server"><asp:ListItem Text="Select" Value="Select"></asp:ListItem> </asp:DropDownList></td>
</tr>
</table>
// Code behind protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (!IsPostBack) { // your code to bind the first drop downlist
}
}
protected void DDLFirst_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (DDLFirst.SelectedIndex > 0)
{
string FirstDDLValue = DDLFirst.SelectedItem.Value;
// below your code to get the second drop down list value filtered on first selection
}
}
protected void DDLSecond_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (DDLSecond.SelectedIndex > 0)
{
string SecondDDLValue = DDLSecond.SelectedItem.Value;
// below your code to get the third drop down list value filtered on Second selection
}
}
Filter the second dropdown datasource with selectedvalue of first dropdown control
see this article http://www.asp.net/data-access/tutorials/master-detail-filtering-with-two-dropdownlists-
