I'm working on Asp.Net Dynamic Data project with linq to sql
.
I've created a database that has one to one relationship
between two tables specified using a foreign key.
i.e. I have a table Employee
and table Department
Employee table
empid empname address departmentId
Department table
departmentId departmentname
now Student
table takes an departmentId
as a foreign key
when I navigated to /Insert.aspx
that it would display the a list of department_name
in a dropdown list.
It does this - but it shows all the department_name
into dropdownlist
How and where I could write linq query so that i can customize those department_name values
If suppose I want to only populate computers
as a department_name in that dropdownlist
how could I achieve this ?
Code:
In FieldTemplate folder ForeignKey_Edit.ascx.cs
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (DropDownList1.Items.Count == 0)
{
if (Mode == DataBoundControlMode.Insert || !Column.IsRequired)
{
DropDownList1.Items.Add(new ListItem("[Not Set]", ""));
}
PopulateListControl(DropDownList1);
}
SetUpValidator(RequiredFieldValidator1);
SetUpValidator(DynamicValidator1);
}
data dynamics is populating dropdownlist internally.
here before or after this statement PopulateListControl(DropDownList1);
what should I code so that i can populate only specific value..?
Instead of PopulateListControl(DropDownList1);
try something like this
if (ForeignKeyColumn.ParentTable.Name == "Departments")
{
List<Department> departments = // code to grab the correct Departments
foreach (Department d in departments)
{
DropDownList1.Items.Add(new ListItem(d.Name, d.Id.ToString()));
}
}