ListControl loses its items

[TumurS]

My DataGrid control has footer and this footer contains a custom web user
control. The control included via footer template at the desing time. I
don't create it manually.
The user control contains a DropDownList that populates data on its own Load
event as :

if (!IsPostBack)
{
...
rdr = cmd.ExecuteRead er();
MyLst.DataValue Field = "...";
MyLst.DataKeyFi eld = "...";
MyLst.DataSourc e = rdr;
MyLst.DataBind( );
rdr.Close();
conn.Close();
}

As you see, it populates items only one time.
ViewState at all levels (page, control, item and etc) is enabled.
After postbacks the the list does not lose its items if the datagrid does
not
do re-binding. But if my some commands force re-binding of the datagrid.
And after re-binding, the list becomes empty. What am I doing wrong?
Any help?

[Eliyahu Goldin]

Databinding of the grid results in databinding of the footer. Probably, it
in turn causes databinding of all controls included in the footer and
MyLst.DataBind( ) gets called.The DataSource property doesn't get restored in
postback and that's why the ddl becomes empty after databinding.

Try populating the ddl in the datagrid's ItemDataBound event when it is
raised for the footer item.

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer & Consultant
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
http://msmvps.com/blogs/egoldin
http://usableasp.net
"TumurS" <sp********@mag icnet.mnwrote in message
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My DataGrid control has footer and this footer contains a custom web user
control. The control included via footer template at the desing time. I
don't create it manually.
The user control contains a DropDownList that populates data on its own
Load
event as :

if (!IsPostBack)
{
...
rdr = cmd.ExecuteRead er();
MyLst.DataValue Field = "...";
MyLst.DataKeyFi eld = "...";
MyLst.DataSourc e = rdr;
MyLst.DataBind( );
rdr.Close();
conn.Close();
}

As you see, it populates items only one time.
ViewState at all levels (page, control, item and etc) is enabled.
After postbacks the the list does not lose its items if the datagrid does
not
do re-binding. But if my some commands force re-binding of the datagrid.
And after re-binding, the list becomes empty. What am I doing wrong?
Any help?

[TumurS]

Yes, thank you!
I expected something similar.
So, is there any way to avoid rebinding?
I.e. prevent the list from clearing?
The list content is constant and I don't want
to access a db every time when the datagrid
is binded. Of course, I can store its items
in page's ViewState and load back on the binding event.
But may be asp.net has simpler builtin method
to aviod rebinding?

"Eliyahu Goldin" <RE************ **************@ mMvVpPsS.orgwro te in
message news:OI******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP03.phx.gbl...

Databinding of the grid results in databinding of the footer. Probably, it
in turn causes databinding of all controls included in the footer and
MyLst.DataBind( ) gets called.The DataSource property doesn't get restored
in postback and that's why the ddl becomes empty after databinding.

Try populating the ddl in the datagrid's ItemDataBound event when it is
raised for the footer item.

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer & Consultant
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
http://msmvps.com/blogs/egoldin
http://usableasp.net
"TumurS" <sp********@mag icnet.mnwrote in message
news:%2******** *******@TK2MSFT NGP05.phx.gbl.. .

>My DataGrid control has footer and this footer contains a custom web user
control. The control included via footer template at the desing time. I
don't create it manually.
The user control contains a DropDownList that populates data on its own
Load
event as :

if (!IsPostBack)
{
...
rdr = cmd.ExecuteRead er();
MyLst.DataValue Field = "...";
MyLst.DataKeyFi eld = "...";
MyLst.DataSourc e = rdr;
MyLst.DataBind( );
rdr.Close();
conn.Close();
}

As you see, it populates items only one time.
ViewState at all levels (page, control, item and etc) is enabled.
After postbacks the the list does not lose its items if the datagrid does
not
do re-binding. But if my some commands force re-binding of the datagrid.
And after re-binding, the list becomes empty. What am I doing wrong?
Any help?