comboBox.SelectedItem problem

Question

ComboBox is binding database

string str= comboBox1.SelectedItem.ToString();

the line gives System.Data.DataRowView value for str but not giving selected item name.

Answer 1

try this

if (comboBox1.SelectedItem is DataRowView) {
  string sval = ((DataRowView)comboBox1.SelectedItem).Row["ColumnName"].ToString();
}

Answer 2

If you want the text of the selected item, just use comboBox1.Text.