Cascading DropDown With AJAX


Step 1: Create a table in database

create table test
(
state1 varchar(50),
city varchar(50)  

Step 2: In the .aspx Page

<select id="statelist" runat="server" onchange="showCity()" style="width: 160px">
    <option></option>
</select>
<asp:DropDownList ID="citylist" runat="server" Width="184px">
</asp:DropDownList>

Take statelist for State and citylist for City 

When you select any item from statelist the citylist will automatically fill because of ajax 

Step 3:  Write this in the <head> Part

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" >
    var xmlHttp
    var arr;
    function showCity() {
        xmlHttp = GetXmlHttpObject()
        var url = "Default.aspx"
        url = url + "?name=" + document.getElementById('statelist').value
        xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = stateChanged
        xmlHttp.open("GET", url, true)
        xmlHttp.send(null)
        return false;
    }
    function stateChanged() {
        if (xmlHttp.readyState == 4 || xmlHttp.readyState == "complete") {
            var str;
            str = xmlHttp.responseText;
            arr = str.split(",");
            var i;
            for (i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
                dd2 = document.getElementById("citylist")
                var theOption = new Option;
                theOption.text = arr[i];
                theOption.value = arr[i];
                dd2.options[i] = theOption;
            }
        }
    }
    function GetXmlHttpObject() {
        var objXMLHttp = null
        if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { 
            objXMLHttp = new XMLHttpRequest()
        }
        else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
            objXMLHttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
        }
        return objXMLHttp
    }
</script>

Step 4:  In the .cs page

SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection("data source = MY\\SQLEXPRESS; initial catalog = try; integrated security=true");
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (!Page.IsPostBack)
    {
        con.Open();
        SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("select * from test", con);
        SqlDataReader dr;
        dr = cmd.ExecuteReader();
        statelist.DataSource = dr;
        statelist.DataTextField = "state";
        statelist.DataBind();
        dr.Close();
        con.Close();
    }
    if (Request.QueryString["name"] != null)
    {
        string name = Request.QueryString["name"];
        Response.Clear();
        con.Open();
        SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("select * from test where state=@state", con);
        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@state", name);
        SqlDataReader dr;
        dr = cmd.ExecuteReader();
        string str = "";
        int a = 0;
        while (dr.Read())
        {
            if (a == 0)
                str += dr["city"].ToString();
            else
                str += "," + dr["city"].ToString();
            a++;
        }
        Response.Write(str);
        Response.End();
        con.Close();
    }
}

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