C# – How to get the selected value in a DropDownList in the Object Type (not string)

asp.netc#-2.0data-binding

I fill up a List<> with an object that has properties. I can bind to the DropDownList without any problem:

     cbo.DataSource = possibleChoice;
     cbo.DataValueField = "Value";
     cbo.DataTextField = "Display";
     cbo.DataBind();

But I can't find a way to get the Value. I know the DropDownList has SelectedValue but it return a String instead of my type of object…

     MyObjectType myObj = (MyObjectType)this.cbo.SelectedValue;//Err! Return a String

How can I get the object from the DropDownList?

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I think you should be able to do the following

MyObjectType myObj = (MyObjectType)this.cboTimeArea.SelectedItem.Value;

But if not, the following will work

MyObjectType myObj = possibleChoice[this.cboTimeArea.SelectedIndex];

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I think you are attacking it from the wrong angle by trying to encode all posted data.

Note that a "<" could also come from other outside sources, like a database field, a configuration, a file, a feed and so on.

Furthermore, "<" is not inherently dangerous. It's only dangerous in a specific context: when writing strings that haven't been encoded to HTML output (because of XSS).

In other contexts different sub-strings are dangerous, for example, if you write an user-provided URL into a link, the sub-string "javascript:" may be dangerous. The single quote character on the other hand is dangerous when interpolating strings in SQL queries, but perfectly safe if it is a part of a name submitted from a form or read from a database field.

The bottom line is: you can't filter random input for dangerous characters, because any character may be dangerous under the right circumstances. You should encode at the point where some specific characters may become dangerous because they cross into a different sub-language where they have special meaning. When you write a string to HTML, you should encode characters that have special meaning in HTML, using Server.HtmlEncode. If you pass a string to a dynamic SQL statement, you should encode different characters (or better, let the framework do it for you by using prepared statements or the like)..

When you are sure you HTML-encode everywhere you pass strings to HTML, then set ValidateRequest="false" in the <%@ Page ... %> directive in your .aspx file(s).

In .NET 4 you may need to do a little more. Sometimes it's necessary to also add <httpRuntime requestValidationMode="2.0" /> to web.config (reference).

Javascript – Change the selected value of a drop-down list with jQuery

jQuery's documentation states:

[jQuery.val] checks, or selects, all the radio buttons, checkboxes, and select options that match the set of values.

This behavior is in jQuery versions 1.2 and above.

You most likely want this:

$("._statusDDL").val('2');

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