Question

I am having trouble with an asp:DropDownList. it is binded only if the page is not PostBack (when the page loads first).
But it keeps selecting the first item after postback.

here is some code:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (!IsPostBack)
        getRegions();
}

private void getRegions()
{
    SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(sqlconnString);
    try
    {
        con.Open();
        SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("select region, emails from Regions", con);
        cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
        SqlDataReader rdr = cmd.ExecuteReader();
        cmbRegion.Items.Clear();
        ListItem li = new ListItem("Select region", "Select region");
        cmbRegion.Items.Add(li);
        while (rdr.Read())
        {
            li = new ListItem((string)rdr["region"], (string)rdr["emails"]);
            cmbRegion.Items.Add(li);

        }
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        throw ex;
    }
    finally
    {
        con.Close();
    }
}

Answer 1

try this

ListItem li = new ListItem("Select region", "");
cmbRegion.Items.Insert(0,li);