Before getting to the point, allow me to bang my head against the wall one more time:
Me: I can do this in Ruby on Rails or I can do this in .NET.
Client: Which would you prefer?
Me: Thanks for asking! I personally prefer Rails. Development will take half the time, and will cost you half the money. Plus I think adding new features, as well as AJAX special effects, is much easier.
Client: Interesting idea. Let’s go with .NET.
That said, some of you other poor souls may have been wondering how to make a .NET control that:
- Lets you update multiple records of table A at once.
- For each row in A, allows selection using a DropDownList populated from table B.
- The DropDownList must display the existing selection for each record of table A.
There is a very good C# solution here. I have translated it into VB, so if anyone needs that, give a holler and I’ll post it.
4 Comments
I feel your pain (*cough* Java *cough*).
I don’t get it, I really don’t!
wait… a client asks you what the best thing to do is, then tells you to do something else? No Way! That doesn’t sound like EVERY CLIENT I’VE EVER WORKED WITH!!!!
please don’t bang too hard!! at least this type of banging. we don’t want to lose you!