DropdownList selectvalue does not seem to change - c#

I have a dropdown list which is populated on page_load using a linq query.
If I change the value in the dropdown then click a button to run an update query on the record, the original value is still there, if I step through in debug mode I can see the selected value is not changing at all
Here is how Im binding the data to dropdown
dlBookingRef.DataSource = d.BookingRef();
dlBookingRef.DataMember = "booking";
dlBookingRef.DataBind();
and here is the line in the function which gets the data from the form
item.booking_ref = dlBookingRef.SelectedValue;
Any idea why it's retaining its original value?
thanks

Put the binding code in if(!IsPostBack), it looks like that in button event as page load gets called due to that your dropdown list gets reset, so bind the dropdown only when page is not posted back:
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if(!Page.IsPostBack)
{
dlBookingRef.DataSource = d.BookingRef();
dlBookingRef.DataMember = "booking";
dlBookingRef.DataBind();
}
}

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I have a ListBox which I am adding ListItems to in a codebehind. The problem I'm having is the ListBox is not seeing the selected items. I have the ListBox being populated dynamically depending on what the user selects from a DropDownList, so the DropDownList has AutoPostBack set to true. I think this is somehow causing the problem.
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Update
I can access the selected items if I do not make a change in the DropDownList. The ListBox is initially populated on page load, and if I make selections they are recognized. If I select something from the DropDownList and the ListBox is repopulated, the selections are not recognized.
My Page_Load method does only two things. It initializes my Api variable and calls PopulateDropDown, which looks like this:
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protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Do your API code here unless you want it to occur only the first
// time the page loads, in which case put it in the IF statement below.
if (!IsPostBack)
{
PopulateDropDown();
}
}
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The fix is simply to make sure it is enabled server-side (the default), then disable it (see blow) or enable it (see above) using client-side code.
$('.css-class-assigned-to-listbox').attr('disabled', 'disabled');

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