DropDownList in a Repeater - OnSelectedIndexChange not firing

[MattB]

I have a (.Net 1.1) form with a Repeater and a DropDownList in the
ItemTemplate. I programmatically make the DDL Autopostback = true at
runtime based on the bound data. That works - I can see the postback
happen appropriately.
The DropDownList looks like this:

<aspropDownList id="ddMultiQty"
OnSelectedIndexChanged="ddMultiQty_SelectedIndexChanged"
runat="server"></aspropDownList>

And in the codebehind I have this:

Public Sub ddMultiQty_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object,
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ddMultiQty.SelectedIndexChanged
DoStuff()
End Sub

Setting a breakpoint on the declaration of the sub shows it never fires
when I changed the selected indexes of my repeated DDLs. Can anyone
point out why? Thanks!

Matt

 

[Teemu Keiski]

Hi,

do you initially databind the Repeater inside If Not Page.IsPostBack Then
check? Point is that if you databind in Page_Load on every request, that
prevents postback events of child controls (of the Repeater) from firing.

 

[MattB]

Hi,

do you initially databind the Repeater inside If Not Page.IsPostBack Then
check? Point is that if you databind in Page_Load on every request, that
prevents postback events of child controls (of the Repeater) from firing.

I am, so that must be the issue. Problem is, it's very dynamic data that
I want to keep as fresh as possible. I'll try a different approach.
Thanks for the tip!

Matt