title: is there a way to hold the values? - lost in postback
body: <p>i have two select using as a dropdownlist for country/state  </p>
  
  <p>everything works as i expected but when i do a postback then i lost the values from the above <code>&lt;select...&gt;</code> what is the best way to retain the values and can you show me with an example please?</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;asp: Button ID="Button1" runat="server" 
  onclick="Button1_Click" Text="PostBack" /&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>thanks.</p>