Drop down list not binding with sqldatareader

Question

i have a form with a collection of about five drop down . i have my query as follows .

 string sql = \"SELECT a.clientID ,a.[cname],b.bid,b.[bname],c.contactID,          


        

Answer 1

This seems clear postback problem.

Bind your drop down on !postback.

Eg.

if(!IsPostBack)    
 {
   populateDdl();
 }