Drop down list default name as select

Question

Hey I have lots of drop down list in my project . Here I need use select on page load to the drop down list and also when I could not select anything from the list and press submit button a null value should be send to the data base. Below is my code: ddlCountry.Items.Insert(0 new ListItem(string.Empty string.Empty)); ddlCountry.SelectedIndex = 0; In this a blank is shown in drop down list I need select word on that instead.

Jignesh Trivedi · Answer

hi ListItem Class has four constructor. you are using ListItem(String String) type of constructor here first argument is text and second is value. so you are passing blank value in text argument. try... ddlCountry.Items.Insert(0 new ListItem(--Select-- string.Empty)); hope this will help you.

Abhay Shanker · Answer

Add this code ddlCountry. Items . Insert ( 0  new ListItem ( --Please Select--  -1 )); and Check condition ddlCountry.selectedvalue is equal -1 then save null value to database

Anupam Singh · Answer

Dropdown control support key-value kind of type means you can add value and text property of it . You can use : ddlCountry.Items[0].Text = --Select--; ddlCountry.Items[0].Value =null; now you have to choose value property while sending it to database . Hope this will help.

Jignesh Trivedi · Answer

ok can we write conditional statement for same? Like var optiontext = parm.options[parm.selectedIndex].text if( optiontext != select) { document.getElementById('lblCountry').innerHTML = parm.options[parm.selectedIndex].text } else { document.getElementById('lblCountry').innerHTML = ; }

Renjith V S · Answer

$(#btnSubmit).click(function () { var parm = document.getElementById(ddlCountry); document.getElementById('lblCountry').innerHTML = parm.options[parm.selectedIndex].text

Jignesh Trivedi · Answer

hi Can u please share the code when you set label text? you can also write code on dropdown selected change event.

Renjith V S · Answer

Hi Your reply is correct. But the problem I faced is that : I have display this drop down list in a label so that at the the time of not selecting any value in drop down list and enter the submit button. At that time actual process is that nothing is selected and the label should be blank. But here the label is displayed as --select--. I need blank instead of --select--.

Renjith V S · Answer

Thank you all.. It works

Srikanth Reddy · Answer

hi renjith ddlCountry.Items.Insert(0--Select Country--);

Drop down list default name as "select"