Binding Dropdown Lists in AngularJS from a Database

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Summary: Learn how to bind a dropdown list in AngularJS from a database using a service or factory to fetch data and bind it to the dropdown list using the ng-options directive.
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Binding a dropdown list in AngularJS from a database involves fetching data from the database using a service or factory, and then binding the retrieved data to the dropdown list in the AngularJS application. Here’s a step-by-step guide:

Set Up a Service or Factory: To fetch data from the database, you can create an AngularJS service or factory that makes an HTTP request to the server. The server returns data from the database.

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Inject the Service: Inject the data service into your controller.

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Bind Data to the Dropdown List: In your HTML template, use the ng-options directive to bind the data to the dropdown list.

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The ng-model directive is used to bind the selected value to a variable (selectedItem) in the controller.

The ng-options directive specifies how to populate the dropdown list:

dropdownData is the data retrieved from the service, which is bound to the dropdown list.

Handle Selection: You can use the ng-model value (selectedItem) in your controller to handle the selected value from the dropdown list.

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With these steps, you can bind a dropdown list in AngularJS from a database and handle the selected item in your application.