Bind SelectedValue of ASP.net DropDownList to nested property

Question

(first of all, it seems this is a subject that is discussed many times before, but I can't find a proper answer for my case)

I have a asp.net FormView with a DropDownList for the selection of a month. The FormView is data bound to an ObjectDataSource.

<asp:DropDownList ID="MonthsList" DataSourceID="MonthsListDataSource" DataTextField="Value" DataValueField="Key" SelectedValue='<%# Bind("OrderDate.Month") %>' Width="100" runat="server" />

I like to bind the selected value to the nested property 'Month' of 'OrderDate' as shown above. The property OrderDate is of type DateTime. The error I'm getting while binding to a nested property is:

A call to Bind was not well formatted. Please refer to documentation for the correct parameters to Bind.

What is the best solution to be able to bind to a nested propety?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

What about using Eval keyword

<asp:DropDownList ID="MonthsList" DataSourceID="MonthsListDataSource" DataTextField="Value" DataValueField="Key" SelectedValue='<%# Eval("OrderDate.Month") %>' Width="100" runat="server" />

Answer 2

Are you retrieving data from DataSourceID="MonthsListDataSource" and tryingo to bind it to another DataBase field (SelectedValue='<%# Eval("OrderDate.Month") %>') ?

In my application a do this like this:

<asp:DropDownList ID="MonthsList" DataSourceID="MonthsListDataSource" DataTextField="Value" DataValueField="Key" SelectedValue='<%# Eval("MonthsListDataSource.Month") %>' Width="100" runat="server" />

And when Updating a retrieve de DropDownList with find control, get its selected value, associate it to other table (OrderDate.Month) and save it.

Sorry my answer, but i dont know if a undertand it.