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ASP.NET Listbox Not Recognizing MyListBox.Selected Value

Listbox getes populated and appears to work well.

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<br />
<asp:ListBox ID="lstKeyword" runat="server" AutoPostBack="True" Height="260px"
Width="2.5in" BackColor="Azure"
OnSelectedIndexChanged = "lstKeyword_SelectedIndexChanged">
</asp:ListBox>
<br />

</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Code behind:

private void FillKeyWordList()
{
lstKeyword.Items.Clear();

string selectSQL = "SELECT KeyWordID, Keyword + ' - ' + CAST(Keywords.MonthlySearches AS varchar(100)) AS Info FROM Keywords Keywords WHERE IsActive = 1 ORDER BY keyword ";

string strConnection = connString.ToString();

SqlConnection conStockSelect = new SqlConnection(strConnection);

// Try to open the connection.
conStockSelect.Open();

SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(selectSQL, conStockSelect);

lstKeyword.DataSource = cmd.ExecuteReader();
lstKeyword.DataTextField = "Info";
lstKeyword.DataValueField = "KeyWordID";
lstKeyword.DataBind();
conStockSelect.Close();
cmd.Dispose();
}

// Get listbox value

protected void lstKeyword_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
// Get the currently selected item in the ListBox.
// Row appears to be selected by clicking.

int intSelected = lstKeyword.SelectedIndex;
intSelected = lstKeyword.SelectedIndex; // Returns -1, row not selected.

lstKeyword.SelectedIndex = 5; // The selection can be forced
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Obadiah Christopher

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Thank you.

I was hoping that I had missed something simple.