Retrieve hardcoded value from dropdownlist on specific gridv

Would need your help on this, i am trying to retrieve a list item value onselected from a dropdownlist on a specific gridview row.

The problem is no matter what is selected, it will always return the first result and not go to the else statement.

ASPX code

asp:GridView ID="gridview1" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="false" Width="100%" AllowPaging="true" OnPageIndexChanging="OnPageIndexChanging" PageSize="3" CssClass="Grid"
columns
asp:TemplateField HeaderText="User Type"
ItemTemplate
asp:DropDownList ID="dropdown1field" runat="server"
asp:ListItem Value="0"Select User Type/asp:ListItem
asp:ListItem Value="1">Passenger/asp:ListItem
/asp:DropDownList
/ItemTemplate
/asp:TemplateField
asp:ButtonField ButtonType="Link" CommandName="ClicktoRequest" HeaderText="Click to Request" Text="Click to Request" /
/columns
/asp:GridView

Code-behind

Protected Sub GridView1_RowCommand(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewCommandEventArgs) Handles gridview1.RowCommand
If (e.CommandName = "ClicktoRequest") Then
Dim index = e.CommandArgument
Dim ddl = CType(gridview1.Rows(index).FindControl("dropdown1field"),DropDownList)
Dim dropdown1 = ddl.SelectedItem.Text
If (dropdown1 = "--Select User Type--") Then
ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(Me.GetType(), "AlertMessageBox", "alert('Please select a User Type');", True)
Else
ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(Me.GetType(), "AlertMessageBox", "alert('Passenger');", True)
End If

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eexorn eexorn10y ago
Hi Amit, I had tried inserting few more rows inside the gridview however it's still the same. Hope you can assist me. Thanks.
eexorn eexorn10y ago
Hi Amit, I had tried inserting few more rows inside the gridview however it's still the same. Hope you can assist me. Thanks.
Amit Kumar10y ago
Hi dear ,

I think in your gridview only 1 row that's y the resaon it always return true and not go to else section. For check it properly please bind the gridview with more than one row...