Dear all,

I wanted to fill the combo box with the data from my SQL server database.
There are two column in the table, product_id and product_name.

for example:

product_id| product_name
---------- --------------
1| pencil
2| NoteBook

I was successful in displaying the product name in combo box. The code is given below. I wanted to show the product_name in the combo box and when the user selects the product_name from combo box i should be able to get its product_id. How do i do it? Please help me guys for my academic project.

Below is my code.

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

Dim conn As New System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection("Network Library=DBMSSOCN;" & "Data Source=abacus\mydatabase;" & "Initial Catalog=CADCAM2;" & "Integrated Security =True;" & "MultipleActiveResultSets=True;")
Dim strSQL As String = "SELECT * FROM product"
Dim da As New System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataAdapter(strSQL, conn)
Dim ds As New DataSet
da.Fill(ds, "product")

With Me.cmbDropDown
.DataSource = ds.Tables("product")
.DisplayMember = "product_name"
.ValueMember = "product_id"
.SelectedIndex = 0
End With

end sub


Private Sub cmbCproduct_SelectedValueChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmbCproduct.SelectedValueChanged

'when the user selects the product_name from the combo box i should be able to get the product_id.
End Sub