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MVC - combining two field in a drop down from joint table
Posted on 2014-11-14
I have a table that has 2 foreign key. I would like to create in drop down that contain the value of these two foreign key. How
can I do that?
Here is my table definition:
Master Table
Id INT Prinary key
PhoneNumber VARCHAR(3)
IDLocation Foreign key to location table
IDDepartment Foreign Key to Department table
Master Table with data exammpe:
1|383-383-33838|1|1
Location Table
ID Primary key but this is related to the IDLocation Foreign key in Master table
Location Varchar
Location Table with example.
1|Chicago
Department Table
ID Primary key but this is relate to the ID Department foreng Key in Master table
Department varchar
1|Clothes
So in my drop down I would like something like this.
Please choose
Chicago - Clothes
or "Value" - "value"
can I do that?
Here is my table definition:
Master Table
Id INT Prinary key
PhoneNumber VARCHAR(3)
IDLocation Foreign key to location table
IDDepartment Foreign Key to Department table
Master Table with data exammpe:
1|383-383-33838|1|1
Location Table
ID Primary key but this is related to the IDLocation Foreign key in Master table
Location Varchar
Location Table with example.
1|Chicago
Department Table
ID Primary key but this is relate to the ID Department foreng Key in Master table
Department varchar
1|Clothes
So in my drop down I would like something like this.
Please choose
Chicago - Clothes
or "Value" - "value"
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Set the following properties as shown below:
cmbBox.DataTextField = "Diaplay" // for "Chicago - Clothes"
cmbBox.DataValueField = "BothFKs" // for "1|1"
You could concatenate them in your Select statement:
This will produce:
1|1 and Chicago - Clothes
^-- value ^--display
Most likely, you need to use CAST() like, apply it if it errors:
Cast(m.IDLocation as varchar(5)) + '|' + Cast(m.IDDepartment as varchar(5)) As BothFKs
cmbBox.SelectedItem.Text --> "Chicago - Clothes"
cmbBox.SelectedItem.Value --> "1|1"
cmbBox.SelectedIndex --> 0 ,1, 2, ...
cmbBox.DataTextField = "Diaplay" // for "Chicago - Clothes"
cmbBox.DataValueField = "BothFKs" // for "1|1"
You could concatenate them in your Select statement:
Select
m.IDLocation + '|' + m.IDDepartment As BothFKs
, l.Location + '-' + d.Department As Diaplay
From [Master Table] m
Inner Join [Location Table] l
on m.IDLocation = l.IDLocation
Inner Join [Department Table] d
on m.IDDepartment = d.IDDepartment
This will produce:
1|1 and Chicago - Clothes
^-- value ^--display
Most likely, you need to use CAST() like, apply it if it errors:
Cast(m.IDLocation as varchar(5)) + '|' + Cast(m.IDDepartment as varchar(5)) As BothFKs
cmbBox.SelectedItem.Text --> "Chicago - Clothes"
cmbBox.SelectedItem.Value --> "1|1"
cmbBox.SelectedIndex --> 0 ,1, 2, ...
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