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Try:<br />
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<i>If Reader.Item(&quot;Active&quot;) = &quot;Y&quot; Then<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ddlCustActive.<b>SelectedValue</b> = &quot;Yes&quot;<br />
Else<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;ddlCustActive.<b>SelectedValue</b> = &quot;No&quot;<br />
&nbsp;End If</i>
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Try:


If Reader.Item("Active") = "Y" Then
                ddlCustActive.SelectedValue = "Yes"
Else
               ddlCustActive.SelectedValue = "No"
 End If

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Thank you for your reply. But neither of the solution is working.
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Thank you for your reply. But neither of the solution is working.

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I changed the code little bit and it worked.<br />
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ddlCustActive.SelectedValu<wbr />e = ddlCustActive.Items.FindBy<wbr />Text(&quot;Yes&quot;<wbr />).Value<br />
<br />
Thank you so much for your help.
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I changed the code little bit and it worked.

ddlCustActive.SelectedValue = ddlCustActive.Items.FindByText("Yes").Value

Thank you so much for your help.

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Hi Experts,<br />
<br />
How to display a value in the dropdownlist . &nbsp;I have a dropdown list where I have 2 values. 'Yes' and 'No'. But sometimes I need to display the value from the DB. &nbsp;Right now I am using this code.<br />
<br />
If Reader.Item(&quot;Active&quot;) = &quot;Y&quot; Then<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ddlCustActive.SelectedItem<wbr />.Text = &quot;Yes&quot;<br />
Else<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;ddlCustActive.SelectedItem<wbr />.Text = &quot;No&quot;<br />
&nbsp;End If<br />
<br />
It is working. but changing the selected item text in the list and displaying either two 'yes' or two 'no'<br />
<br />
<br />
Thanks.
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Hi Experts,

How to display a value in the dropdownlist .  I have a dropdown list where I have 2 values. 'Yes' and 'No'. But sometimes I need to display the value from the DB.  Right now I am using this code.

If Reader.Item("Active") = "Y" Then
                ddlCustActive.SelectedItem.Text = "Yes"
Else
               ddlCustActive.SelectedItem.Text = "No"
 End If

It is working. but changing the selected item text in the list and displaying either two 'yes' or two 'no'


Thanks.

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