Retrieve SharePoint List Data and bind this to a dropdownlist

Question

I\'m fairly new to SharePoint so apologies in advance for sounding like a \'Newbie\'.

I have created a simple Webpart, which uses a Web User Control - [.ascx

Answer 1

I found the answer within minutes of posting the above article (typical).

The solution is to place the following code in the Page_Load event of the .ascx.cs (code-behind) file:

if (!Page.IsPostBack)
        {
            using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://yoursharepointsite"))
            {
                using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())
                {
                    SPList list = web.Lists["NameOfYourList"];
                    dropSite.DataSource = list.Items;
                    dropSite.DataValueField = "Title"; // List field holding value - first column is called Title anyway!
                    dropSite.DataTextField = "Title"; // List field holding name to be displayed on page 
                    dropSite.DataBind();
                }
            }
        }

I found the solution here:

http://blogs.msdn.com/mattlind/archive/2008/02/12/bind-a-asp-dropdownlist-to-a-sharepoint-list.aspx

Thanks,

Ash