Hi
i'm pretty new to this, how do i connect to my database a put all the values from one column into the arraylist.
Any help and a easy example would be nice
Thanks in advance
Richard
check out this sample, fromASPNet101.com:
http://aspnet101.com/aspnet101/aspnet/codesample.aspx?code=ddlArrayList
|||thanks i give it a go|||hi i get an error
An error has occurred while establishing a connection tothe server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may becaused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does notallow remote connections
heres my code
<%@. Page Language="VB" %
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"
<%@. Import Namespace="System.Data" %>
<%@. Import Namespace="System.Data.SQLClient" %>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="GENERATOR" Content="ASP Express 2.1">
<title>Untitled</title>
<script language="VB" runat="server">
Dim MyArrayList as ArrayList
Dim sItem as String
Sub Page_Load(Source as Object, E as EventArgs)
MyArrayList=New Arraylist
if not Page.IsPostBack then
Dim strConn As String = "server=YourServer;uid=UID;pwd=PWD;database=Holiday"
Dim MySQL As String = "SELECT startDate FROM holidayRequest"
Dim MyConn as New SQLConnection(strConn)
Dim objDR as SQLDataReader
Dim Cmd as New SQLCommand(MySQL, MyConn)
MyConn.Open()
objDR=Cmd.ExecuteReader(system.data.CommandBehavior.CloseConnection)
While objDR.Read()
MyArrayList.Add(objDR("startDate"))
End While
end if
ddl1.datasource=MyArrayList
ddl1.databind
End Sub
</script>
</head>
<body
<Form id="form1" runat="server">
<asp:DropDownList id="ddl1" runat="server" />
</Form>
</body>
</html>
the database i'm connecting too is on my computer and is called Holiday.mdf and the table i'm trying to get too is holidayRequeststart and from that i'm trying to get the startDate out.
Please help i'm new to this and prob done a stupid erro
|||Make sure your connection string is pointing to an available SQL instance on your computer. If you're using a default SQL instance, it'ok to refer to it using server=YourServer; if it is a named SQL instance, you can set server to something likeYourServer\SQLInstanceName.