title: Prevent the Selected Index Changed event of dropdown on selecting the default value in ASP.NET
body: <p>I have a dropdown having values</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList1" runat="server" 
                    onselectedindexchanged="DropDownList1_SelectedIndexChanged"&gt;
      &lt;asp:ListItem&gt;SELECT&lt;/asp:ListItem&gt;
      &lt;asp:ListItem&gt;AUS&lt;/asp:ListItem&gt;
      &lt;asp:ListItem&gt;BAN&lt;/asp:ListItem&gt;
      &lt;asp:ListItem&gt;CAN&lt;/asp:ListItem&gt;
      &lt;asp:ListItem&gt;DEN&lt;/asp:ListItem&gt;
      &lt;asp:ListItem&gt;ENG&lt;/asp:ListItem&gt;
      &lt;asp:ListItem&gt;IND&lt;/asp:ListItem&gt;
  &lt;/asp:DropDownList&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>on Selected Index Changed I am writing the Item Name as:</p>
  
  <pre><code>protected void DropDownList1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
      Response.Write(DropDownList1.SelectedItem);
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I want when I will select The default value that is Select, The event shouldn't be called. It should called only if I will select anything except Select.</p>
  
  <p>Please help me to get this.</p>