Question

what is the difference between

<asp:DropDownList ID="Combo" OnSelectedIndexChanged="Change" AutoPostBack="True" runat="server"/>

and

<asp:DropDownList ID="Combo" SelectedIndexChanged="Change" AutoPostBack="True" runat="server"/>

?

And is the attribute AutoPostBack=”True” always required?

Iam asking because it seems my OnSelectedIndexChanged-event seem always to be called twice (EDIT: When I use SelectedIndexChanged, the handler isn’t called at all).

Why could this be?

EDIT:
these at the stacktraces I get from the event which is fired twice. The latter seem to be called from some kind of timer. I never created a time, it must be some of the system.

   MyApp!MyNamespace.ListenControl.AuswahlGeändert(object sender = {System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList}, System.EventArgs e = {System.EventArgs}) Zeile 44  C#
    System.Web.dll!System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListControl.OnSelectedIndexChanged(System.EventArgs e = {System.EventArgs}) + 0x70 Bytes   
    System.Web.dll!System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList.RaisePostDataChangedEvent() + 0x87 Bytes  
    System.Web.dll!System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList.System.Web.UI.IPostBackDataHandler.RaisePostDataChangedEvent() + 0xb Bytes    
    System.Web.dll!System.Web.UI.Page.RaiseChangedEvents() + 0xa6 Bytes 
    System.Web.dll!System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(bool includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint = true, bool includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint = true) + 0x5ce Bytes 
    System.Web.dll!System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(bool includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, bool includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint = true) + 0x84 Bytes 
    System.Web.dll!System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest() + 0x51 Bytes 
    System.Web.dll!System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestWithNoAssert(System.Web.HttpContext context) + 0x16 Bytes   
    System.Web.dll!System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(System.Web.HttpContext context) + 0x32 Bytes   
    App_Web_bm-nkhnz.dll!ASP.kfzpage_aspx.ProcessRequest(System.Web.HttpContext context = {System.Web.HttpContext}) + 0x26 Bytes    C#
    System.Web.dll!System.Web.HttpApplication.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() + 0xb6 Bytes 
    System.Web.dll!System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep step = {System.Web.HttpApplication.CallHandlerExecutionStep}, ref bool completedSynchronously = true) + 0x4c Bytes  
    System.Web.dll!System.Web.HttpApplication.ApplicationStepManager.ResumeSteps(System.Exception error) + 0x133 Bytes  

    System.Web.dll!System.Web.HttpApplication.System.Web.IHttpAsyncHandler.BeginProcessRequest(System.Web.HttpContext context, System.AsyncCallback cb, object extraData) + 0x7c Bytes  
    System.Web.dll!System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestInternal(System.Web.HttpWorkerRequest wr = {Microsoft.VisualStudio.WebHost.Request}) + 0x17c Bytes  
    System.Web.dll!System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestNoDemand(System.Web.HttpWorkerRequest wr) + 0x63 Bytes  
    System.Web.dll!System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequest(System.Web.HttpWorkerRequest wr) + 0x47 Bytes  
    WebDev.WebHost.dll!Microsoft.VisualStudio.WebHost.Request.Process() + 0x165 Bytes   
    WebDev.WebHost.dll!Microsoft.VisualStudio.WebHost.Host.ProcessRequest(Microsoft.VisualStudio.WebHost.Connection conn = {System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.__TransparentProxy}) + 0x6c Bytes   
    [Anwendungsdomänenübergang] 
    WebDev.WebHost.dll!Microsoft.VisualStudio.WebHost.Server.OnSocketAccept(object acceptedSocket) + 0x7d Bytes 
    mscorlib.dll!System.Threading._ThreadPoolWaitCallback.WaitCallback_Context(object state) + 0x2f Bytes   
    mscorlib.dll!System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext executionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback callback, object state) + 0x6f Bytes    
    mscorlib.dll!System.Threading._ThreadPoolWaitCallback.PerformWaitCallbackInternal(System.Threading._ThreadPoolWaitCallback tpWaitCallBack) + 0x53 Bytes 
    mscorlib.dll!System.Threading._ThreadPoolWaitCallback.PerformWaitCallback(object state) + 0x59 Bytes    

This is when the event is called the second time:

MyApp!MyNamespace.ListenControl.AuswahlGeändert(object sender = {System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList}, System.EventArgs e = {System.EventArgs}) Zeile 44 C#
        System.Web.dll!System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListControl.OnSelectedIndexChanged(System.EventArgs e = {System.EventArgs}) + 0x70 Bytes   
        System.Web.dll!System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList.RaisePostDataChangedEvent() + 0x87 Bytes  
        System.Web.dll!System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList.System.Web.UI.IPostBackDataHandler.RaisePostDataChangedEvent() + 0xb Bytes    
        System.Web.dll!System.Web.UI.Page.RaiseChangedEvents() + 0xa6 Bytes 
        System.Web.dll!System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(bool includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint = true, bool includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint = true) + 0x5ce Bytes 
        System.Web.dll!System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(bool includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, bool includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint = true) + 0x84 Bytes 
        System.Web.dll!System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest() + 0x51 Bytes 
        System.Web.dll!System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestWithNoAssert(System.Web.HttpContext context) + 0x16 Bytes   
        System.Web.dll!System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(System.Web.HttpContext context) + 0x32 Bytes   
        App_Web_bm-nkhnz.dll!ASP.kfzpage_aspx.ProcessRequest(System.Web.HttpContext context = {System.Web.HttpContext}) + 0x26 Bytes    C#
        System.Web.dll!System.Web.HttpApplication.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() + 0xb6 Bytes 
        System.Web.dll!System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep step = {System.Web.HttpApplication.CallHandlerExecutionStep}, ref bool completedSynchronously = true) + 0x4c Bytes  
        System.Web.dll!System.Web.HttpApplication.ApplicationStepManager.ResumeSteps(System.Exception error) + 0x133 Bytes  

        System.Web.dll!System.Web.HttpApplication.ResumeStepsFromThreadPoolThread(System.Exception error) + 0x25 Bytes  
        System.Web.dll!System.Web.HttpApplication.AsyncEventExecutionStep.ResumeStepsWithAssert(System.Exception error) + 0x28 Bytes    
        System.Web.dll!System.Web.HttpApplication.AsyncEventExecutionStep.OnAsyncEventCompletion(System.IAsyncResult ar) + 0x84 Bytes   
        System.Web.dll!System.Web.HttpAsyncResult.Complete(bool synchronous, object result, System.Exception error, System.Web.RequestNotificationStatus status) + 0x3e Bytes   
        System.Web.dll!System.Web.SessionState.SessionStateModule.PollLockedSessionCallback(object state) + 0x169 Bytes 
        mscorlib.dll!System.Threading._TimerCallback.TimerCallback_Context(object state) + 0x2f Bytes   
        mscorlib.dll!System.Threading.ExecutionContext.runTryCode(object userData) + 0x51 Bytes 
        [Übergang von Systemeigen zu Verwaltet] 
        [Übergang von Verwaltet zu Systemeigen] 
        mscorlib.dll!System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(System.Threading.ExecutionContext executionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback callback, object state) + 0x67 Bytes    
        mscorlib.dll!System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext executionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback callback, object state) + 0x45 Bytes    
        mscorlib.dll!System.Threading._TimerCallback.PerformTimerCallback(object state) + 0x6b Bytes    
        [Anwendungsdomänenübergang] 

Answer 1

what is the difference between [asp:DropDownList 1] and [asp:DropDownList 2]?

SelectedIndexChanged is not a valid attribute for an asp:DropDownList tag, so ASP.NET won’t do anything with it.

I am asking because it seems my
OnSelectedIndexChanged-event seem
always to be called twice … Why
could this be?

Your stack trace suggests that the second event invocation is caused by a re-entrant thread. Are you running any asynchronous delegates from your page, using client callbacks, or using a third-party control?