add drop down in grid

[Gina]

I created a grid to do an edit, I am trying to add a dropdown in my grid for the KMA name however when you go into the edit mode it gives you a different KMA name then the one originally selected to edit.. can someone explain to me how to bind that drop down to show the Kma that was selected, as it's very confusing  because what you selected is not what comes up ?

 

<telerik:GridDropDownColumn DataSourceID="sqlKMAgrid" ListTextField="KMA_LongDesc" ListValueField="ID"

 

 

SortExpression="KMA_LongDesc" HeaderText="KMA" DropDownControlType="DropDownList"

 

 

DataField="KMA_LongDesc" >

 

 

</telerik:GridDropDownColumn>

 

 

<telerik:GridBoundColumn CurrentFilterFunction="NoFilter" DataField="KMA_LongDesc"

 

 

FilterListOptions="VaryByDataType" ForceExtractValue="None" HeaderText="KMA_LongDesc"

 

 

SortExpression="KMA_LongDesc" UniqueName="KMA_LongDesc">

 

 

</telerik:GridBoundColumn>

thank you for any help you can give

 

[Shinu]

Hello Gina,

For the GridDropDownColumn, you need to assign SelectedValue or SelectedIndex to the editor right after you bind it to data. You can refer the section "Customizing the options for GridDropDownColumn on editing" of the following document:
Customize/Configure GridDropDownColumn

To determine what to select, use DataBinder.Eval(e.Item.DataItem, "DataField").ToString() inside the ItemDataBound handler.

Thanks
Shinu.