Drop Down web part

Question

I need to create a sharepoint dropdown web part. It is going to display a field for one of my lists. When someone selects a value it is going to display the display page for that item.  I just want to make sure there is not some great way that I am
missing to do this. Any insight would be appreciated.

Answer 1

DropDownList drpList;
        protected
override void CreateChildControls()
            drpList
= new DropDownList();
            SPSite site
= SPContext.Current.Site;
            SPWeb web
= site.RootWeb;
            SPList list1
= web.Lists["Courses"];
            var listitems
= list1.Fields["Course Name"];
            drpList.DataSource
= listitems;
            drpList.DataTextField
= "Course Name";
            drpList.DataValueField
= "Course Name";
            drpList.DataBind();
            Controls.Add(drpList);
On dropdown selected index change set the value.
void ddlAllLists_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender,
EventArgs e)
            try
               //set the selected value and logic
            catch
(Exception ex)
LogManager.WriteLog(" Error in EventCalendarWebPart.cs ddlAllLists_SelectedIndexChanged()"
+ ex.ToString());