'EnableViewState = false' of an asp.net DropDownList

Question

If an asp.net DropDownList's is set to EnableViewState=false, DropDownList.SelectedItem returns null.

Then what technique can I use to get the SelectedItem of that DropDownList while keeping that EnableViewState=false?

Answer 1

Request.Form[yourDropDownList.UniqueID] 

UniqueID returns "ctl00$ContentMain$ddlCountry" where as ClientID returns "ctl00_ContentMain_ddlCountry"

The UniqueID is inserted to the name of the HTML form which is used in the postback form name.