Hidden Dropdownlist won't insert value into record

[iamstuart]

I have a dropdownlist that is populated with a staffID number depending on the staff members name that is selected from a second dropdownlist. The value from this dropdownlist is then inserted into a new record when the page is submit using the InsertQuery of an sqlDataSource.

This works fine, however I want to hide the staffID Dropdownlist so the user cannot see it on the page, if I set the .visible property to false the staffID number is not inserted into the record that column is instead null. I have tryed keeping the .visible as true and hiding it on Page_Load with the same result.

Any idea how I can hide this dropdownlist from the user while still inserting its value into the record?

[Frinavale]

Try using CSS to hide the DropDownList instead of setting it's Visible property to False. When you set the Visible Property of any control to False, it will not be rendered on the page. However, you can have the control render and still hide the control by setting it's style="display:none" or style="visibility:hidden" (the first one is what I recommend).

-Frinny

[iamstuart]

Setting the dropdownlists style="display:none" worked perfectly, thanks very much!