I have a dropdown list that if the item you need is not in there, an image icon opens a modalpopup so you can add it.

In my Popup I have two fields, one a dropdown, and one a textbox

I add the Value.ToString from the dropdown to the textbox so I get something like this "residential - custom home" or something similar

I record into db, then save in viewstate

Issue #1:

Nothing gets recorded. Upon update panel update, I get an empty field like there was no data entered into the textbox

Issue #2:

upon Update, My Status Popup does not show

protected void BtnAddNewBldgType_Click( object sender, EventArgs e )
	{
		myConnection = new SqlConnection( Config.ConString );
		myCommand = new SqlCommand();
		myCommand.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
		myCommand.CommandText = "WebAdmin_BuildingTypeAdd";
		string myNewBldgType = uiAddNewBuildingTypeMarket.SelectedValue.ToString() + uiAddNewBuildingType.Text.Trim();
		myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue( "@NewBuildingType", myNewBldgType );
		//SqlParameter vAdded = myCommand.Parameters.Add("@Return_Value", SqlDbType.Int);
		//vAdded.Direction = ParameterDirection.Output;
		//myCommand.Parameters.Add(vAdded);
		try
		{
			myConnection.Open();
			myCommand.Connection = myConnection;
			myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
		}
		catch ( SqlException SqlEx )
		{
			Errors.SiteExceptionLog( "Sql", 0, SqlEx.ToString(), "AddNewBuildingType" );
		}
		catch ( Exception Ex )
		{
			// (ErrorType, PageID, ErrorMessage, SiteFunction)
			Errors.SiteExceptionLog( "Other", 0, Ex.ToString(), "AddNewBuildingType" );
		}
		finally
		{
			myConnection.Close();
			myConnection.Dispose();
		}
		//myBuildingTypeWasAdded = Convert.ToInt32(vAdded.Value);
		ViewState["viewBldgTypeAdded"] = myNewBldgType;
                ViewState["viewNewBldgTypeAdded"] = "True";
	
	}

My Stored Procedure:

ALTER PROCEDURE dbo.WebAdmin_BuildingTypeAdd
	@NewBuildingType nvarchar(256),
	@WasAdded int OUTPUT
AS
	SET @WasAdded = 0;

	-- Check to See If It Already Exists
	DECLARE @BldgTypeExists int
	SELECT @BldgTypeExists = BuildingTypeID FROM DataTypesBuilding WHERE BuildingType = @NewBuildingType

	IF ( @BldgTypeExists IS NULL )
		BEGIN
			INSERT INTO [DataTypesBuilding] ([BuildingType]) VALUES (@NewBuildingType)
			SET @WasAdded = 1
		END
		
	RETURN @WasAdded

My Popup:

			<!-- ========== Popup for Adding a New Building Type ========== -->
			<ajx:ModalPopupExtender ID="AddNewBuildingTypeExtender" runat="server" BackgroundCssClass="PopupBackground" PopupControlID="AddNewBuildingType" TargetControlID="IconAddBuildingType" CancelControlID="CloseBuildingType" />
			<asp:Panel ID="AddNewBuildingType" runat="server" CssClass="Popup W600px" Style="display: none">
				<div class="Inner" title="Add New Building Type">
					<asp:Image ID="Image1" SkinID="PopupLogo" runat="server" ToolTip="My Service Solutions, Inc." />
					<asp:Image ID="CloseBuildingType" runat="server" SkinID="PopupClose" />
					<hr />
					<h4>Add A New Building Type</h4>
					<div class="Line">
						<span class="Item">Market</span>
						<asp:DropDownList ID="uiAddNewBuildingTypeMarket" runat="server">
							<asp:ListItem Text="Commercial" Value="Commercial" />
							<asp:ListItem Text="Industrial" Value="Industrial" />
							<asp:ListItem Text="Residential" Value="Residential" />
						</asp:DropDownList>
					</div>
					<div class="Line">
						<span class="Item">Type</span>
						<asp:TextBox ID="uiAddNewBuildingType" runat="server" />
						<asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="ReqFldInputAddNewBuildingType" runat="server" ControlToValidate="uiAddNewBuildingType" SetFocusOnError="true" Text="<img src='../../../ui/images/validate/WarningRequired.gif'>" ValidationGroup="ValGrpAddNewBldgType" />
						<ajx:FilteredTextBoxExtender ID="FltrInputAddNewBuildingType" runat="server" SkinID="FilterNoCode" TargetControlID="uiAddNewBuildingType" />
					</div>
					<asp:Button ID="BtnAddNewBuildingType" runat="server" Text="ADD" CssClass="Button" OnClientClick="BtnAddNewBldgType_Click" ValidationGroup="ValGrpAddNewBldgType" />
				</div>
			</asp:Panel>

Top Of Page C# for receiving Viewstate

	protected void Page_PreRender( object sender, EventArgs e )
	{
		viewBldgTypeAdded = (string)ViewState["viewBldgTypeAdded"];
		viewNewBldgTypeAdded = (string)ViewState["viewNewBldgTypeAdded"];
		if ( viewNewBldgTypeAdded == null )
		{
			viewNewBldgTypeAdded = "False";
			ViewState["viewNewBldgTypeAdded"] = viewNewBldgTypeAdded;
		}

		if ( viewNewBldgTypeAdded == "True" )
		{
			StatusPopup.Show();
			OutputStatusMessage.Text = "New Building Type Was Added: " + viewBldgTypeAdded;
		}
		
		if ( viewNewBldgTypeAdded == "False" )
		{
			StatusPopup.Show();
			OutputStatus.Text = "Please Try Again!";
			OutputStatusMessage.Text = "The Building Type " + viewBldgTypeAdded + " either already Exists, or is invalid";
			ErrorMessage.Text="The Building Type " + viewBldgTypeAdded + " either already Exists, or is invalid";
		}
		
	}

So for OutputStatus Message all I get is "The Building Type either already exists or is invalid"

It is supposed to say "The Building Type Residential - Custom Home either already exists or is invalid" which is what I enter into the textbox.

since I do not get a record added, my guess is that no data is being accepted from the input controls, but I have no reason why it is not recognizing them.

and StatusPopup.Show() does not work - for another popup