Dear Gurus,

I have an UpdatePanel with a DropDownList
(AutoPostBack="true")

Its being triggered in the UpdatePanel like this
<AJAX:AsyncPostBackTriggerControlID="_benefitGroup"EventName="SelectedIndexChanged"/>

The problem is that every refresh to the page causes the drop down to lose it's state,

How can I make it remember the last selection state without using the session ?

(what is wrong with the ViewState / UpdatePanel ?)