selectedindexchanged event not firing

Question

i have three dropdownlists with autopostaback=true ,but the problem is that for second dropdownlist only pageload is called but it's selectedindexchanged is not firing! what can i do?( dropdownlists are in updatepanel )

EDIT:
 protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (DDL_d1.Items.Count == 0)
        {
            SqlDataReader dr = null;
            DbAccessor db = new DbAccessor();
            dr = db.SqlSelectS("true", "SELECT Fname FROM [Tbl_Amoozesh]");
            DDL_d1.Items.Clear();
            while (dr.Read())
                DDL_d1.Items.Add(dr[0].ToString());
            db.Dispose();
        }
    }
    protected void d1(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

        DDL_d1.AutoPostBack = false;
        SqlDataReader dr = null;
        DbAccessor db = new DbAccessor();
        dr = db.SqlSelectS(DDL_d1.SelectedValue,"SELECT Fname FROM [Tbl_Amoozesh] where Fname = @a");
        DDL_d2.Items.Clear();
        DDL_d2.Items.Add(new ListItem("hi"));
        while (dr.Read())
            DDL_d2.Items.Add(dr[0].ToString());
        db.Dispose();




    }
    protected void d2(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

        SqlDataReader dr = null;
        DbAccessor db = new DbAccessor();
        dr = db.SqlSelectS(DDL_d2.SelectedValue, "SELECT Lname FROM [Tbl_Amoozesh] where Fname = @a");
        DDL_d3.Items.Clear();
        while (dr.Read())
            DDL_d3.Items.Add(dr[0].ToString());
        db.Dispose();

    }

Answer 1

You have to put an asynchronous trigger in your updatepanel. Try this:

<asp:UpdatePanel id="up1" runat="server" updatemode="conditional">
   <Triggers>
      <asp:AsyncPostBackTrigger ControlID="ddl" EventName="SelectedIndexChanged" />
   </Triggers>
   <ContentTemplate>
      <%-- your content here --%>
      <asp:DropdownList id="ddl" AutoPostback="true" OnSelectedIndexChanged="handler" />
   </ContentTemplate>
</asp:UpdatePanel>

Answer 2

I recently had the same problem. I was also populating my dropdownlist from a database table and I tried everything including setting AutoPostBack = true on the control. It turns out this is a known bug that you can resolve by making index 0 a dummy item like 'Select a person'. Check out the post here:

https://forums.asp.net/t/1275349.aspx?Dropdownlist+not+firing+SelectedIndexChanged+on+first+item+with+autopostback+true

This solved my problem.