You can use the sender object. You need to cast it first to the DropDownList type so you can access it's PEMs. Here is the sample code:

CType(sender, DropDownList).SelectedItem.Value

>Cathi
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>Thanks, I was thinking I was going to need to use the sender or e objects in the selected_IndexChanged. The value it returns in the integer value. How do I format my SQL text to address that, if I just hard code the value into the string it works, but trying to use the variable, I get no results.
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>            Dim objSQLString As String
>            Dim cFilter As String
>            cFilter = lnSelectedFunctionType.ToString
>            objSQLString = "Select * from ProgramFunctions where FunctionTypeID = '" + cFilter + " '"
>            Dim objSQLCommand As New System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand(objSQLString, Me.SqlConnection1)
>            Dim objDataReader As SqlClient.SqlDataReader
>            Me.SqlConnection1.Open()
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>            objDataReader = objSQLCommand.ExecuteReader()
>            Me.DataGrid1.DataSource = objDataReader
>            Me.DataGrid1.DataBind()
>            Me.SqlConnection1.Close()
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>Thanks for your help
>Kirk