eyeguy1

It still wants to change the selection to the first item in the second ddl?????????????????

hai

try this

         boLensMaterial.DataSource = reader;
            cboLensMaterial.DataValueField = "LensID";
            cboLensMaterial.DataTextField = "Material";
            cboLensMaterial.DataBind();

            cboLensMaterial.Items.Insert(0, "select");
            cboLensMaterial.Items[0].Value = "0";

thank u