//建立并打开数据库连接
    OleDbConnection conn=new OleDbConnection();
    conn.ConnectionString=strConnectionString;//strConnectionString为数据库连接字符串
    conn.Open();

    string sql="select * from NewsClass order by ClassId desc";
    string x; 
    DataSet ds=new DataSet();
    OleDbDataAdapter da=new OleDbDataAdapter(sql,conn);  
    da.Fill(ds,"NewsTable");
    DataTable dt=ds.Tables["NewsTable"]; 
    x=dt.Rows[i][1].ToString()//数据表i行j列的值  
    conn.close();

二、将数据读入DropDownList

（1）  DropDownList中添加数据

  //建立并打开数据库连接
    OleDbConnection conn=new OleDbConnection();
    conn.ConnectionString=strConnectionString;//strConnectionString为数据库连接字符串
    conn.Open();

    string sql="select * from NewsClass order by ClassId desc";
    //建立数据集
    DataSet ds=new DataSet();
    OleDbDataAdapter da=new OleDbDataAdapter(sql,conn);  
    da.Fill(ds,"NewsTable");
    this.DropDownList1.DataSource=ds;
    this.DropDownList1.DataTextField = "ClassName";//Text值
    this.DropDownList1.DataValueField = "ClassID";//Value值
    this.DropDownList1.DataBind();
    
    conn.Close();

（2）选中DropDownList的某项

this.DropDownList1.Items.FindByValue(dr["ClassID"].ToString().Trim()).Selected=true;//dr为DataRow

三、分类编码检索出相应的分类名称并在DataGrid中显示

（1）.ASPX中的代码（ClassID为分类编码）：

    <asp:TemplateColumn HeaderText="类 别">
         <ItemTemplate>
          <asp:Label id=lblClass runat="server" Text='<%# GetClassName(Convert.ToInt32(DataBinder.Eval(Container, "DataItem.ClassID"))) %>'>
          </asp:Label>
         </ItemTemplate>
        </asp:TemplateColumn>

（2）C#代码：

 /// <summary>
  /// "分类"列根据数字返回文字
  /// </summary>
  /// <param name="IsPassed"></param>
  /// <returns></returns>
  public string  GetClassName(int ClassID)
  {
   OleDbConnection conn=new OleDbConnection();
   conn.ConnectionString=strConnectionString;
   conn.Open();

   string sql="select * from NewsClass where ClassID="+ClassID;
   DataSet ds=new DataSet();
   OleDbDataAdapter da=new OleDbDataAdapter(sql,conn);
   da.Fill(ds,"ClassTable");
   DataTable dt=ds.Tables["ClassTable"];
   string strClassName=dt.Rows[0]["ClassName"].ToString();
   conn.Close();

   return strClassName;//返回 ClassID对应的ClassName
  }