Dropdown only returns the text / value of the element from the first element

EDIT: So I found that this line was listItem.Value = rdr["lvl"].ToString();

adding the same value for every item in the dropdown. Since every text element had the same value, I believe it was always the default for the first text element. Now I am lvl

passing through another request instead of the dropdown. Thanks for the helpful input!

I am trying to accomplish a fairly simple task that I have done many times before. For some reason, I cannot get my dropdown to pass SelectedItem

and correctly SelectedValue

.

SelectedItem

and SelectedValue

always return for the first item in the dropdown, no matter which item I select.

What am I doing wrong?

Dropdown and Button Definition:

<asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList1" runat="server" >
</asp:DropDownList>

<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" OnClick="Button1_Click" Text="Button" />

      

        
        
        
      

    

Increasing the dropdown list on the PageLoad page:

myConnection.Open();
SqlCommand rpt = new SqlCommand(getreports, myConnection);
SqlDataReader rdr = rpt.ExecuteReader();
if (!Page.IsPostBack)
{
    while (rdr.Read())
    {
        ListItem listItem = new ListItem();
        listItem.Text = rdr["manager"].ToString();
        listItem.Value = rdr["lvl"].ToString();
        DropDownList1.Items.Add(listItem);
    }
    rdr.Close();
    myConnection.Close();
}

      

        
        
        
      

    

Code for clicking the button, which should go through SelectedItem

and SelectedValue

:

    protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {            
        string user = DropDownList1.SelectedItem.Text;
        string lvl = DropDownList1.SelectedValue;
        Label1.Text = user;
        Label2.Text = lvl;
    }