I ran a query and returned a datatable,
myDataAdapter.Fill(myDataTable);
Now what is the best way to load the row values "Value" and "Text" into a SelectList?
Thanks
See Question&Answers more detail:osI ran a query and returned a datatable,
myDataAdapter.Fill(myDataTable);
Now what is the best way to load the row values "Value" and "Text" into a SelectList?
Thanks
See Question&Answers more detail:osI couldn't find a way to directly bind the DataTable to a SelectList so I resolved creating an Extension method to accomplish this:
public static SelectList ToSelectList(this DataTable table, string valueField, string textField)
{
List<SelectListItem> list = new List<SelectListItem>();
foreach (DataRow row in table.Rows)
{
list.Add(new SelectListItem()
{
Text = row[textField].ToString(),
Value = row[valueField].ToString()
});
}
return new SelectList(list, "Value", "Text");
}