All you need to do is turn set AutoPostback to "True" on the dropdownlist control. This will make the Html <select> control fire the form post when it's "onChange" client event is called. Just the same way as the "Jump To:" selector on this site works. However, ASP.Net handles creating the javascript for you. You need only set that attribute to turn it on.
<asp:dropdownlist Runat="server" ID="dropdownlist1"
AutoPostBack="True" />
Peter
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