Reading The Selected Value In DropDown List

[Guest]

Do you have to use AutoPostBack to read the selected value in a dropdown
list? I have an asp.net dropdown on a form. I'm filling it from a table
when the page loads and want to read the value the user selected when they
submit the entire form. But regardless of the value they select, I always
get the first item in the list when I read it. I can get the values from
the text boxes without a problem. But the dropdown list seems to work
differently. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

Jerry

 

[Eliyahu Goldin]

Jerry,

No, you don't have to use AutoPostBack property. Rather check if you are
using IsPostBack property in the PageLoad event.

Eliyahu

 

[Guest]

Jerry,

Please post your code. I'm dealing with a similar issue.

Thanks,

 

[Morgan]

Make sure you are not repopulating the drop down list on postback. This will
force you to get the first item in the list.

 

[Guest]

That was the issue... I had entered the call below my IsPostBack block...

Thanks!

 

[tdavisjr]

I had an issue today similar to this; but my issue was the the value
property for each of the list items was not unique. To keep the
selection after postback the value property MUST be unique.

 

[Rajesh]

Hey
Why dont u make use of the ViewState of the control property to reset the
selected value

Rajesh