DropDownList Selected property on PostBack

[BCM]

I have a page with several DropDownList controls that my users select from
to customize their searches. When they click the "Submit" button all is well
re: the results of their search, but the DropDownLists themselves "reload"
from their data source (a sql table) and display with the first item in the
list selected. How can I have them "remember" the state they were left in by
the user right before they clicked "Submit"? I can do this with my hands
behind my back in good old ASP, so I'm SURE there's a new and improved way
with this server control: I just can't find it!

Thanks in advance...

By the way, I load the data up in the Page_Load event, with the usual

if (!Page.IsPostBack)

[alan.washington]

Add an if statement for the dropdown list binding:

if(!IsPostBack) {
//add your code to do the binding here
}

Alan Washington
http://www.aewnet.com

I have a page with several DropDownList controls that my users select from
to customize their searches. When they click the "Submit" button all is well
re: the results of their search, but the DropDownLists themselves "reload"
from their data source (a sql table) and display with the first item in the
list selected. How can I have them "remember" the state they were left in by
the user right before they clicked "Submit"? I can do this with my hands
behind my back in good old ASP, so I'm SURE there's a new and improved way
with this server control: I just can't find it!

Thanks in advance...

By the way, I load the data up in the Page_Load event, with the usual

if (!Page.IsPostBack)

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