display problem

[mww]

I have a RADGrid on a page, the grid has 2 rows.  Im using a GridDropDownColumn to pick the items for the grid column, but the data isnt being displayed.  The 2 rows are there, but nothing is displayed in the appropriate columns (Category)

<Columns>
                                        <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="ID" DataType="System.Int32" HeaderText="ID"
                                            ReadOnly="true" Visible="false" SortExpression="ID" UniqueName="ID">
                                        </telerik:GridBoundColumn>

                                        <telerik:GridDropDownColumn DataField="Category"
                                            ListTextField="Category" ListValueField="Category" HeaderText="Category" UniqueName="SecondaryCategory">
                                        </telerik:GridDropDownColumn>
                                    </Columns>

 The dropdown appears when I select edit, but not in normal display mode.  Anyone know what im missing here ?

[Princy]

Hello Mark,

The DropDownColumn will be displayed once you set the DataSourceID of the DropDownColumn. Try setting it as shown below.
cs:

<telerik:GridDropDownColumn DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" UniqueName="Price" DataField="UnitPrice" ListTextField="UnitPrice" ListValueField="UnitPrice">
 </telerik:GridDropDownColumn>

Thanks
Princy.

[mww]

Im populating the dropdown in the code behind (c#)  not from a datasource on the page, so I cant set the DataSourceID property in the .aspx page

whats the difference between datasoure and datasourceid ?

[Princy]

Hello Mark,

The difference between DataSource and DataSourceID is as explained below:
DataSource: Gets or sets the object which can include a DataSet or a DataReader from which the data-bound control retrieves its list of data items.

DataSourceID: Gets or sets the ID of the datasourcecontrol from which the data-bound control retrieves its list of data items.

Thanks
Princy.

[mww]

that still doesnt explain the difference between the two.  why have them both if they achieve the same thing ?

im my case I dont have a datasourceid  because im generating the data at runtime using a collection.