Re: [dabo-users] Very Simple dropdownlist

Author: Paul McNett

Posted: 2009-07-15 at 20:42:52

Carey Gagnon wrote:

> I have tried one other way, and that was setting up a database table

> for the states. I can get that to work no problem. My thought was..why the

> unnecessary over head. To me that would mean the call to the database. This

> isn't a field that is likely to change. Doesn't it run faster from teh code

> without a database call?

>

> Also I wan't to use this method when I do my own program for a couple of

> fields that will only have 2 to 4 options.

Okay then you need to either:

1) Put a None ("<None>") row in the list

2) Assign a default value to the bizobj so that there isn't a chance

that the field will get a value of anything other than what you present

in the choice list.

Paul

©2009 Paul McNett