Simple database to comboBox data bind

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emorgoch.public@gmail.com - 17 May 2006 18:40 GMT

Hello there,

Still kind of new to .NET , and have been looking online for many hours
now on doing this. All I want to do is take a couple columns from a
view in a database, and bind it to a combo box. What's the simplest
method to do this, cause what I've been seeing so far all seems to get
pretty complex for something that should be relatively simple (At least
it was when doing it in ASP.NET as opposed to a Win Form).

Also as a side note, it would be nice for the Display Member to be
"<col1> - <col2>" and the value member to be <col1>.

Thanks

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emorgoch.public@gmail.com - 19 May 2006 18:22 GMT

Alright, I figured it out (thought I think that using a dataset for a
pure read is a little overkill. However, I also need an empty option
that a user can select at the top of the collection, so that the user
can have the option of not selecting anything. Any help?

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