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    <p>The use of the <code>GridView_DataBound</code> event handler solves the problem.</p> <p>In your case you will need to add a <code>HiddenField</code> to store the <code>PK_DepartmentId</code> value:</p> <pre><code>&lt;asp:GridView ID="gvExample" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False" OnDataBound="gvExample_DataBound"&gt; &lt;Columns&gt; &lt;asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Department"&gt; &lt;EditItemTemplate&gt; &lt;asp:DropDownList ID="ddlDepartment_Edit" runat="server" DataSourceID="dsDepartment_Edit" DataTextField="DepartmentName" DataValueField="PK_DepartmentId"&gt; &lt;/asp:DropDownList&gt; &lt;asp:HiddenField ID="hfDepartmentId" runat="server" Value='&lt;%# Bind("PK_DepartmentId") %&gt;' /&gt; &lt;asp:SqlDataSource ID="dsDepartment_Edit" runat="server" ConnectionString="&lt;%$ ConnectionStrings:BlackHillsConnect %&gt;" ProviderName="System.Data.SqlClient" SelectCommand="sp_GetDepartmentDropDown" SelectCommandType="StoredProcedure"&gt; &lt;/asp:SqlDataSource&gt; &lt;/EditItemTemplate&gt; &lt;ItemTemplate&gt; &lt;asp:Label ID="lblDepartmentName" runat="server" Text='&lt;%# Eval("DepartmentName") %&gt;'&gt; &lt;/asp:Label&gt; &lt;/ItemTemplate&gt; &lt;/asp:TemplateField&gt; &lt;asp:CommandField ShowEditButton="True" ButtonType="Button" /&gt; &lt;/Columns&gt; &lt;/asp:GridView&gt; protected void gvExample_DataBound(object sender, EventArgs e) { foreach (GridViewRow gvRow in gvExample.Rows) { DropDownList ddlDepartment = gvRow.FindControl("ddlDepartment_Edit") as DropDownList; HiddenField hfDepartmentId = gvRow.FindControl("hfDepartmentId") as HiddenField; if (ddlDepartment != null &amp;&amp; hfDepartmentId != null) { ddlDepartment.SelectedValue = hfDepartmentId.Value; } } } </code></pre>
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