Drop Down List problems

I have a problem when passing the selected text from a databound dropdownlist. No matter which item that you select in the list the first item is always returned in the customerdrop.selecteditem.text.

How do i get the actual 'selected item' back?

Code is below! I call the contactshow sub to populate the dropdownlist, and this in turn calls the bindlist sub.

Button2_click should return in the path the selecteditem value from dropdownlist (contactdrop).



Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
Response.Redirect("call.aspx?customer=" & Trim(CustomerDrop.SelectedItem.Text) & "&contact=" & Trim(ContactDrop.SelectedItem.Text))
End Sub

Sub contactshow()
Dim strcustomer As String
strcustomer = Request.QueryString("customer")
Addnewcontact.Visible = True
ContactDrop.Visible = True
Button2.Visible = True
Button1.Visible = False
CustomerDrop.Items.Add(strcustomer)
CustomerDrop.Enabled = False
ContactDrop.DataTextField = "name"
ContactDrop.DataValueField = "cust_ID"
BindList()
End Sub


Sub BindList()
Dim strcustomer As String
strcustomer = Request.QueryString("customer")
Dim connect As OleDbConnection = New OleDbConnection(dsn)
Dim myCommand As OleDbCommand = New OleDbCommand("select contacts.name, contacts.cust_ID from contacts, customer where customer.cust_name = '" & strcustomer & "'", connect)
Dim myDataReader As OleDbDataReader
Try
connect.Open()
myDataReader = myCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.CloseConnection)
ContactDrop.DataSource = myDataReader
ContactDrop.DataBind()
Catch myException As Exception
Response.Write("An error has occurred: " & myException.ToString())
Finally
If Not myDataReader Is Nothing Then
myDataReader.Close()
End If
'ContactDrop.Items.Insert(0, "Select an Item")
'ContactDrop.SelectedIndex = 0
End Try
End Sub

Cheers

Pete

Hi,

what happens if you try customerdrop.value

Kong.

there is no customerdrop.value property. If you use the sleected value then the same thing happens but witht the first value rather than the first text field

Hi,

ok here's the answer.



Kong.