Hello:

This may sound confusing, but I have dropdownlist and databinding it, and have set the DataTextField and DataValueField correctly, but on the page itself when I choose the text from the dropdown it acts wacky on some of the values and chooses another value.

here is some code:

aspx page

<asp:dropDownList ID="outside_assoc_cities" runat="server" AutoPostBack="True" Enabled="False" DataTextField="city" DataValueField="mls_id" Visible="False"></asp:dropDownList>

codebehind

Protected Sub recip_form_type_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles recip_form_type.SelectedIndexChanged
If recip_form_type.SelectedItem.Value <> "0" Then
outside_assoc_cities.Enabled = True
ElseIf recip_form_type.SelectedItem.Value = "0" Then
outside_assoc_cities.Enabled = False
outside_assoc_cities.SelectedIndex = "0"
End If
End Sub

If anyone wants to see this wackiness, let me know so I can put it on a public site.