dropdownlist seleccteditem problem

[briancostea]

when i submit the page, my dropdownlist.selecteditem is always the first one, regardless of what i change it to.

sub page_load
dim index as integer
select IIF(ObjDataReader("hotelbed") is dbNull.Value, "", ObjDataReader("hotelbed"))
case "single"
index = 0
case "double"
index = 1
case "queen"
index = 2
case "king"
index = 3
case "club level"
index = 4
case else
index = 0
end select
if drpHotelBed.Items.Count = 0 then
lItem = New ListItem("single", "single")
drpHotelBed.Items.Add(lItem)
lItem = New ListItem("double", "double")
drpHotelBed.Items.Add(lItem)
lItem = New ListItem("queen", "queen")
drpHotelBed.Items.Add(lItem)
lItem = New ListItem("king", "king")
drpHotelBed.Items.Add(lItem)
lItem = New ListItem("club level", "club level")
drpHotelBed.Items.Add(lItem)
end if
drpHotelBed.SelectedIndex = index
end sub

sub btnUpdate(sender as Object, e as EventArgs)
lblErr.text = drpHotelBed.SelectedItem.text
end sub

in the body:
<aspropDownList ID="drpHotelBed" runat="server"></aspropDownList>
<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="update" OnClick="btnUpdate"/>

i think it has something to do with where i set the index. is there something i can check in the page_load subroutine to tell if the page has been submitted? thanks - brian

 

[HRoarke]

in ASP.NET, page.ispostback will tell you if the load is the response to a REQUEST, e.g. TRUE if it's a postback, FALSE if not.

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[HRoarke]

Err, not Page.IsPostBack, just IsPostBack.

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[briancostea]

thanks

 

[HRoarke]

what - no star?

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— John Galt
Atlas Shrugged

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[ca8msm]

Err, not Page.IsPostBack, just IsPostBack.

It is Page.IsPostBack really, it's just that as the page Inherits System.Web.UI.Page you don't have to type the "Page". section.


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[Sheco]

 

[briancostea]

it messed up the textboxes i had in the same form

 

[ca8msm]

What does that mean?!


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