Bind Gridview Dropdown list from XML

HI friends ,In this article i'd wish to justify "how to bind XML Datasource to Dropdown list" simply follow the steps clearly

First we want to make a XML file to store the info.suppose you'd wish to store contries information in xml file and bind that information to Dropdown list

• Add new Xml file to your existing Aspnet project
• copy the subsequent code in to XML file
• save the file with countries.xml
• now open the page that contains Gridview
• Currently add the subsequent code for your gridview.In the below code , i'm added  One Xml datasource that is offered in our tool cabinet.just Drag and Drop the  Xml datasource.then simply add the Datasource ID of the drop downlist

Code Here:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Countries>
 
  <Country name="India" value="1"></Country>
  <Country name="America" value="2"></Country>
  <Country name="France" value="3"></Country>
  <Country name="Saudi" value="4"></Country>
  <Country name="Srilanka" value="5"></Country>
</Countries>

Next Code-:
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="DOB">
 
<ItemTemplate>

<asp:Label ID="lbl_ct"  runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("country")%>'>>

</asp:Label>

</ItemTemplate>

<EditItemTemplate>

<asp:DropDownList ID="ddl_ct" AutoPostBack="True"
DataTextField="name" DataValueField="value" runat="server"
AppendDataBoundItems="True" DataSourceID="countries"
SelectedValue='<%# Bind("country", "{0}") %>' >
</asp:DropDownList>

  <asp:XmlDataSource ID="countries" runat="server" DataFile="~/XmlDataSource/countries.xml">

</asp:XmlDataSource>

</EditItemTemplate>

</asp:TemplateField>