Re: How to append DropDownList value to button's PostBackUrl?

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The problem with setting the PostbackURL when you click the button, is that
postback is already beginning.
What you'd probably want to do is set up a variable for the selected item,
with a page scope

Then, when the DDL is changed (using the OnSelectedIndexChanged event),
assign the selected item to the variable - and THEN, set the Postback url,
using the variable (PostBackUrl="somepage.aspx?param=" & myVariable)

Then, when you click the button, it should go there - the problem would then
be whether or not something is actually selected, so you would probably need
to do validation

Or you could just use a response.redirect statement
(response.redirect(="somepage.aspx?param=" & myVariable) within the button's
click event handler

David Wier
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"rob" <r@xxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

I have a button whose PostBackUrl should include a value from a
dropdownlist on the same page. Should I do that in the button's on click
event? What I'd like to end up with is a post back url that looks like
the following:
PostBackUrl=somepage.aspx?param=<value> where <value> comes from the
currently selected item in the list.

Thanks,
Rob



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