Cant get text of a DropDownList in code - can get value but not text

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I am using ASP NET 3 5  I have a drop-down list called lstCountry with an item in it like this    lt asp ListItem Value  United States  gt Canada lt  asp ListItem gt     This will display Canada but in code the value will be  United States   How can I retrieve the value  Canada  also in my code   I have tried all of these and all of them return  United States   lstCountry Text lstCountry SelectedValue lstCountry SelectedItem Text   My Drop Down list     lt asp DropDownList ID  lstCountry  runat  server  Width  200px  gt                 lt asp ListItem gt Please Select lt  asp ListItem gt     lt asp ListItem gt United States lt  asp ListItem gt     lt asp ListItem Value  United States  gt Canada lt  asp ListItem gt    lt  asp DropDownList gt    How I read the value in code       Dim country As String     country   lstCountry SelectedItem Text

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try  lstCountry SelectedItem Text

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AppendDataBoundItems  true  needs to be set

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You can try   lstCountry SelectedItem Text

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Have a look here  this has a proof-of-concept page and demo you can use to get anything from the drop-down   asp DropDownList Control Tutorial Page

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had the same problem and just solved it  i used string  variable Name   dropdownlist1 SelectedItem Text

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add list using    lt asp ListItem Value  United States  Text  Canada  gt  lt  asp ListItem gt    and then try   DropDownList1 SelectedItem Text   I found your mistake    lt asp ListItem gt United States lt  asp ListItem gt     change this to   lt asp ListItem gt United States1 lt  asp ListItem gt     Then you will got the actual value   What was the issue is  there are two same values in your dropdown  when page postback  it take first value as selected and give the result accordingly  if you noticed when after postback United State Value is selected

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What about  lstCountry Items lstCountry SelectedIndex  Text

[c#] Cant get text of a DropDownList in code - can get value but not text

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