Set Today's Date (Selected Date) from database in ASP.Net Calendar control

Hi ianandrc,

Check this example. Now please take its reference and correct your code.

HTML

<asp:TextBox ID="txtHireDate" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
<asp:Calendar ID="calHireDate" runat="server"></asp:Calendar>

Namespaces

C#

using System;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Configuration;

VB.Net

Imports System.Data.SqlClient

Code

C#

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (!this.IsPostBack)
    {
        string constr = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["ConString"].ConnectionString;
        using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(constr))
        {
            using (SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("SELECT TOP 1 HireDate FROM Employees", con))
            {
                con.Open();
                DateTime hireDate = Convert.ToDateTime(cmd.ExecuteScalar());
                con.Close();
                this.calHireDate.TodaysDate = hireDate;
                this.calHireDate.SelectedDate = this.calHireDate.TodaysDate;
                this.txtHireDate.Text = hireDate.ToString();
            }
        }
    }
}

VB.Net

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
    If Not IsPostBack Then
        Dim constr As String = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("ConString").ConnectionString
        Using con As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection(constr)
            Using cmd As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand("SELECT TOP 1 HireDate FROM Employees", con)
                con.Open()
                Dim dtHire As DateTime = Convert.ToDateTime(cmd.ExecuteScalar())
                con.Close()
                Me.calHireDate.TodaysDate = dtHire
                Me.calHireDate.SelectedDate = Me.calHireDate.TodaysDate
                Me.txtHireDate.Text = dtHire.ToString()
            End Using
        End Using
    End If
End Sub

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