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Old October 15th, 2004, 11:12 AM
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Default ASP.NET C# Dropdownlist value issue


   I have been busy doing other things for a couple months so was slacking on .NET for a while. I know I solved this issue before but can't remember how.

   What I am trying to do is easy. On a ASP.net C# page, insert a dropdown list that gets populated from a MS SQL table. The user selects from the dropdown list and submit. When I try to get the value that the user selects, it is usually the value of the first record returned from the database instead of what the user selected.

   I don't have this problem when the dropdown list DON'T get the information from the database but instead put in manually. Is it because I didn't do the binding?


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Old October 17th, 2004, 04:07 PM
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This sounds like you are populating the dropdown list every time the page runs. What's happening is that each time you bind the DDL to the data, you are wiping out the previous values and thus .NET can't determine that there is a "new" value selected when you post the form. You need to bind the DDL on only the first page hit:

if(!this.IsPostback){
   //call DDL binding code here
}
 
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   I found that the problem is the .NET Service Pack. Best thing to do is not to install it. Hopefully they fix this issue in VS2005

 
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songsan,
I think you should read Peters reply again.
The problem is not with the service pack it is with your page execution logic.
You only need to bind (or populate through any means) the DDL on the first page load.
To prevent the data binding again you need to test for a postback, Peter has provide the code for you.

This problem occurs because the page load event fires prior to the Click event of the DDL.
So when you load the drop down list, the first element is selected and it is what the Click event is using.




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