Removing Items in a Data Bind Drop Down List

.NET
1

Hi,

I am binding to an asp.net dropdownlist from a datasource. After the databind command, how do I remove an item from the drop down list?

I tried List.Items.Remove(“Please inquire”);

This didn’t work. Please help

2

You have to separate your code into a separate sub like this:

Sub Page_Load()
     If Not IsPostBack Then
          Call BindData()
     End If
End If

Sub BindData()
     ...Code that binds to the datasource
End Sub

Sub DeleteFromDataSource()
     ...Code that removes from the datasource
     Call BindData() ' This call will rebind the list
End Sub
3

Not sure why you want to bind an item then remove it immendiately but you can do it like you were trying initially. However remove() takes a ListItem param not a string so you would need to use.


[size=2]List.Items.Remove(List.Items.FindByText("Please inquire"));
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4

that worked greatly. Thanks so much