protected void RadComboBox1_ItemsRequested(object sender, RadComboBoxItemsRequestedEventArgs e)

{

DataSet dt = DhsBasePage.getProxyDataService().GetProviderType(); //call data layer function to get an agency datatable

RadComboBox comboBox = (RadComboBox)sender;

// Clear the default Item that has been re-created from ViewState at this point.

comboBox.Items.Clear();

foreach (DataRow row in dt.Tables[0].Rows)

{

RadComboBoxItem item = new RadComboBoxItem();

item.Text = row[

"Abbreviation"].ToString();

item.Value = row[

"ProviderTypeID"].ToString();

item.Attributes.Add(

"Description", row["Description"].ToString());

comboBox.Items.Add(item);

item.DataBind();

}

}

protected void OnSelectedIndexChangedHandler(object sender, RadComboBoxSelectedIndexChangedEventArgs e)

{

Session[

"ProviderTypeID"] = e.Value;

}

protected void OnItemDataBoundHandler(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)

{

if (e.Item.IsInEditMode)

{

GridEditableItem item = (GridEditableItem)e.Item;

if (!(e.Item is IGridInsertItem))

{

RadComboBox combo = (RadComboBox)item.FindControl("RadComboBox1");

RadComboBoxItem selectedItem = new RadComboBoxItem();

selectedItem.Text = ((

DataRowView)e.Item.DataItem)["Abbreviation"].ToString();

selectedItem.Value = ((

DataRowView)e.Item.DataItem)["ProviderTypeID"].ToString();

selectedItem.Attributes.Add(

"Description", ((DataRowView)e.Item.DataItem)["Description"].ToString());

combo.Items.Add(selectedItem);

selectedItem.DataBind();

Session[

"ProviderTypeID"] = selectedItem.Value;

}

}

}

<

telerik:GridTemplateColumn UniqueName="ProviderType" HeaderText="Provider Type" SortExpression="ProviderType"

ItemStyle-Width="400px">

<FooterTemplate>

Template footer

</FooterTemplate>

<FooterStyle VerticalAlign="Middle" HorizontalAlign="Center" />

<ItemTemplate>

<ul>

<li class="col1">

<%

# DataBinder.Eval(Container, "Abbreviation")%>

</li>

<li class="col2">

<%

# DataBinder.Eval(Container, "Attributes['Description']")%></li>

</ul>

</ItemTemplate>

<EditItemTemplate>

<telerik:RadComboBox runat="server" ID="RadComboBox1" EnableLoadOnDemand="True" DataTextField="Abbreviation"

OnItemsRequested="RadComboBox1_ItemsRequested" DataValueField="ProviderTypeId" AutoPostBack="true"

HighlightTemplatedItems="true" Height="140px" Width="220px" DropDownWidth="420px"

OnSelectedIndexChanged="OnSelectedIndexChangedHandler" >

<ItemTemplate>

<%

#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Abbreviation")%>

<%

#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Description")%>

</ItemTemplate>

</telerik:RadComboBox>

</EditItemTemplate>

</telerik:GridTemplateColumn>

What i'm missing here? need help ASAP.
Thanks.
Eva

="AllowSelectionChange"

In the AllowSelectionChange() javascript method....

    text = eventArgs.get_item().get_text();

appears to get the newly selected value...

How can I get the previously selected value?