how can we stop a page (or all its controls) to be autoposted?

[sarswatnitesh]

i am tring to update a sql database table, first i select the values from database after it i display them into text boxes and drop dwon lists.and then i make required changes to values but when i click on update button the page is post backed and all values are set as they were already in database. can anyone help me.

[Frinavale]

Are you calling the DataBind method in your Page Load event?

Performing a DataBind in Page Load is typically what causes this type of problem.

-Frinny