Retrieving selected item value from a dropdownlist

I have a dropdownlist with a datatext field name country and a datavaluefield named countryid.

I need to get the开发者_JAVA百科 datavaluefield's value and store it in an sql table "mytable", based on the selectedindexchanged event of the dropdownlist.

Please keep the code in C#.

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Use the following:

requestedValue = dropDownList.SelectedValue;

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string value = ddl.SelectedItem.Text;

*This will return the selected item's text in value, which you can use in your db statements *