Drop down list not binding with sqldatareader

Question

i have a form with a collection of about five drop down . i have my query as follows .

 string sql = \"SELECT a.clientID ,a.[cname],b.bid,b.[bname],c.contactID,          


        

Answer 1

Either you will have to make a seperate reader for each binding

or you can do this by filling a datatable ( i would prefer this). Like,

DataTable dt = new DataTable();
using (SqlDataAdapter a = new SqlDataAdapter(sql, connection))
{       
   a.Fill(dt);
}
drClient.DataSource = dt;
drClient.DataBind();
drBranch.DataSource = dt;
drBranch.DataBind();
drContact.DataSource = dt;
drContact.DataBind();
drFax.DataSource = dt;
drFax.DataBind();