Hello

I have a dropdownlist embedded in a gridview, my problem is that when i edit a row and the drop down list appears, the default value is the first value in the list not the value of the record being edited.

I try to get the current value as follows
Protected Sub gEmployee_RowEditing ....
  sStatus = gEmployee.Rows(e.NewEditIndex).Cells(3).Text

  gEmployee.EditIndex = e.NewEditIndex
  Bind_Grid(Sort_Field)
End Sub

and change the displayed value
 Protected Sub gEmployee_PreRender ...
    Dim d As DropDownList
    d = gEmployee.FindControl("eEmpType")
    If Not IsNothing(d) Then
       d.SelectedIndex = d.Items.IndexOf(d.Items.FindByText(sStatus))
    End If
End Sub

But sStatus never gets assigned a value therefore prerender always throws an exception. Can anyone suggest what i am doing wrong.

Thanks

Guy