advice 1:do not post whole project in the forum, its irritating, only post the code which u feel as doubtful. advice 2: ur naming convention according to the above code is very very bad. (such as ddl___SelectIndex...). dude:if u wanna quick result for ur problem, follow the advice.:zzz: Regards Chintan www.visharadsoft.com (Nothing is so purify as KNOWLEDGE)

When do you create them ? Early enough that they are in the control tree when viewstate is restored ? Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

Use an ObjectDataSource bound to a GridView that displays the records. Add a server side event handler on each link (for click) that sets the select parameters of the data source and calls the DataBind() method of the GridView (or set the url for each link with a request parameter and use that in page_load)

Yes, this is very annoying. Can't tell you why it happens, but I usually avoid the problem by using .selecteditem instead of .selectedvalue. phi Geek Load - Free Geek Stuff for Everybody :omg:

Look for the OnSelectedIndexChanged event... "Now I guess I'll sit back and watch people misinterpret what I just said......" Christian Graus At The Soapbox

Research XSLT Brad Australian I assume Microsoft would not use doors, because using Windows is faster.

Hi, Web services are similar to web applications in the sense that they run on a server and are accessible from any client.The only difference is they do not have a user interface as do web applications. For more on web services, http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a//webservices/2002/02/12/webservicefaqs.html[^] If you fail for the first time , call it version 1.0.

Hi, Use XML files and ftp to transfer the files from one server to another. If you fail for the first time , call it version 1.0.