<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="SimpleArrayDataBinding" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
<title>Simple Data Binding to Array</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div id="container">
<h1>Simple Data Binding to Array</h1>
This example illustrates simple data binding. The drop-down list is data bound to an array.
<asp:DropDownList ID="drpSample" runat="server" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
File: Default.aspx.cs
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
public partial class SimpleArrayDataBinding : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string[] names;
names = new string[3] { "Austen", "Dante", "Goethe" };
drpSample.DataSource = names;
drpSample.DataBind();
}
}