aiuto raga...sn in crisi....

ho creato una pagina cn due dropdownlist che si filtrano facendo autopost back...xò all'interno della pagina ho una variabile che deve contenere una somma, ma questa variabile perde il suo valore ogni volta ke faccio l'autopostback come posso evitare qs?

vi posto anche la pagina chissà vi può essere d'aiuto a voi e soprattutto a me

codice:
 Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
         
        If (User.Identity.Name <> "") Then
            temp = User.Identity.Name
            name = temp.Substring(0, temp.IndexOf(":"))
            role = temp.Substring(temp.IndexOf(":") + 1)
        End If
	      
        str = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" + Server.MapPath("data/bijou.mdb")
        cn = New OleDbConnection(str)
        cn.Open()
        sql = "SELECT * FROM TipoPietanze"
        cmd = New OleDbCommand(sql, cn)
              
        Try
            reader = cmd.ExecuteReader()
            
            If Drop1.Items.Count = Nothing Then
                While reader.Read
                    Drop1.Items.Add(reader.Item(0))
                    Drop1.Items.Item(0).Selected = False
                End While
            End If
            compare = Drop1.SelectedValue
            sql2 = "SELECT * FROM Pietanze WHERE tipo=@compare"
            cmd2 = New OleDbCommand(sql2, cn)
            cmd2.Parameters.Add("@compare", compare)
            reader2 = cmd2.ExecuteReader()
            If Drop2.Items.Count = Nothing Then
                While reader2.Read
                    Drop2.Items.Add(reader2.Item(0))
                End While
                
                'rivedere da qui
                
                i = i + 1
                ' totale = 0
                If (User.Identity.IsAuthenticated) Then
                    last = "SELECT MAX (Nordine) FROM Ordini"
                    cmdlast = New OleDbCommand(last, cn)
                    readlast = cmdlast.ExecuteReader
                    While readlast.Read
                        ord = "INSERT INTO Ordini (Nordine,Utente) VALUES (?,?)"
                        cmdord = New OleDbCommand(ord, cn)
                        cmdord.Parameters.Add("@Nordine", readlast.Item(0) + 1)
                        cmdord.Parameters.Add("@Utente", name)
                        readord = cmdord.ExecuteReader()
                    End While
                    
                End If
                
                'a qui
                
            End If
            If Drop2.AutoPostBack = True Then
                If reader2.Read Then
                    nome.InnerHtml = reader2.Item(0)
                    descrizione.InnerHtml = reader2.Item(1)
                    prezzo.InnerHtml = reader2.Item(2) & "&euro; "
                    prezzop = reader2.Item(2)
                    'totale = totale + prezzop
                    img.InnerHtml = "<img src=GetThumbnailImage.aspx?FileName=" + reader2.Item(5) + "&ScaleFactor=35 border=0>"
                    
                End If
                          
            End If
        Catch Ex As System.Data.OleDb.OleDbException
            Response.Write(Ex.Message & " " & Ex.StackTrace)
            cmd.Connection.Close()
            cmd2.Connection.Close()
            cmdlast.Connection.Close()
        End Try
       
    End Sub
    
    Sub cambia(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        
        compare2 = Drop1.SelectedValue
        sql3 = "SELECT nome FROM Pietanze WHERE tipo = @compare2"
        cmd3 = New OleDbCommand(sql3, cn)
        cmd3.Parameters.Add("@compare2", compare2)
        read = cmd3.ExecuteReader()
        Drop2.Items.Clear()
        While read.Read
            Drop2.Items.Add(read.Item(0))
            Drop2.Items.Item(0).Selected = True
        End While
        
        cmd3.Connection.Close()
        
    End Sub
    
    Sub cambia2(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        
        compare3 = Drop2.SelectedValue
        sql4 = "SELECT * FROM Pietanze WHERE nome = @compare3"
        cmd4 = New OleDbCommand(sql4, cn)
        cmd4.Parameters.Add("@compare3", compare3)
        read2 = cmd4.ExecuteReader()
        While read2.Read
            nome.InnerHtml = read2.Item(0)
            descrizione.InnerHtml = read2.Item(1)
            prezzo.InnerHtml = read2.Item(2) & "&euro; "
            prezzop = read2.Item(2)
            img.InnerHtml = "<img src=GetThumbnailImage.aspx?FileName=" + read2.Item(5) + "&ScaleFactor=35 border=0>"
        End While
        cmd4.Connection.Close()
        
    End Sub
    
    Sub Ordina(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        
        Dim aggriga As String
        Dim cmdriga As OleDbCommand
        Dim readriga As OleDbDataReader
        
        If (Not User.Identity.IsAuthenticated) Then
            Response.Redirect("errore2.aspx")
        Else
            aggriga = "INSERT INTO RigaOrdine (nRiga, pietanza,nOrdine) VALUES (?,?,?)"
            cmdriga = New OleDbCommand(aggriga, cn)
            cmdriga.Parameters.Add("@nRiga", i + 1)
            cmdriga.Parameters.Add("@Pietanza", Drop2.SelectedValue)
            last = "SELECT MAX (Nordine) FROM Ordini"
            cmdlast = New OleDbCommand(last, cn)
            readlast = cmdlast.ExecuteReader
            While readlast.Read
                cmdriga.Parameters.Add("@nOrdine", readlast.Item(0))
            End While
            readriga = cmdriga.ExecuteReader
            scontrino1.InnerHtml += "

" & Drop2.SelectedValue & "</p>"
            scontrino2.InnerHtml += "

€ " & prezzop & "</p>"
            totale += prezzop
            i = i + 1
            importo.InnerHtml = "<tr><td align=center class=testo>TOTALE</td><td align=center> € " & totale & "</td></tr>"
           
        End If
    End Sub
    
    Sub Conferma(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        If (Not User.Identity.IsAuthenticated) Then
            Response.Redirect("errore2.aspx")
        Else
        
            Dim msgMail As MailMessage = New MailMessage()
            msgMail.To = "localhost"
            msgMail.Cc = name
            msgMail.From = name
            msgMail.Subject = "Bijoubari - Posta dal sito"
 
            msgMail.BodyFormat = MailFormat.Html
            Dim strBody As String
            strBody = "<html><body>Nome Utente:" & name & " 
<table><tr><td>Pietanza:" & scontrino1.InnerHtml & "</td><td>Importo:" & scontrino2.InnerHtml & "</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2>Totale:€" & totale & "</td></tr></body></html>"
            msgMail.Body = strBody
 
            SmtpMail.Send(msgMail)
            
            Response.Redirect("mail.html")
        End If
  End Sub

codice:
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" leftmargin="0" background="immagini/ppw2_12.gif" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" onload="preloadImages();">


	<form runat=server>
		  <table  border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="TABLE1" align=center language="javascript" onclick="return TABLE1_onclick()">
		     <tr align=center>
		         <td class=testo runat=server align=right style="height: 22px">Scegli il tipo di Pietanza: </td>
                 <td colspan="3" align=left><asp:DropDownList ID="Drop1" runat="server" AutoPostBack=true DataTextField="nome" DataValueField="nome" OnSelectedIndexChanged="cambia"></asp:DropDownList></td>
		    </tr>
		    
		     <tr align=center>
		         <td id="Td1" class=testo runat=server align=right style="height: 22px">Scegli la Pietanza:       </td>
                 <td colspan="3" align=left style="height: 22px"><asp:DropDownList ID="Drop2" runat="server" AutoPostBack=true DataTextField="nome" DataValueField="nome" OnSelectedIndexChanged ="cambia2"></asp:DropDownList></td>
		     </tr>
		     
            <tr>
              <td valign="middle" class="testo" style="height: 26px"><div align="left">PIETANZA</div></td>
              <td valign="middle" class="testo" style="height: 26px; width: 57px;"><div align="center">PREZZO</div></td>
              <td width="60" valign="middle" class="testo" style="height: 26px"><div align="center">FOTO</div></td>
              <td valign="middle" class="testo" style="height: 26px; width: 100px;"><div align="center">AGGIUNGI AL

              VASSOIO </div></td>
            </tr>
            
            <tr>
              <td height="25" valign="top" class="testo"><p id=nome class=testo runat=server></p><em id=descrizione class=testo runat=server>[/i]</td>
              <td height="25" valign="middle" class="testo" style="width: 57px"><div id=prezzo align="center" runat=server></div></td>
              <td height="25" valign="middle" class="testo"><div id=img runat=server align="center"></div></td>
              <td valign="middle" class="testo" style="width: 100px"><div align="center">[img]immagini/vass_red.gif[/img]</div></td>
            </tr>          
          </table>     
         		  <table  border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="TABLE2" align=center language="javascript" onclick="return TABLE1_onclick()" style="width: 350px">
         		  <div id=msg runat=server>
            <tr>
            <td class=testo valign=middle align=center>PIETANZA
            </td>
            <td class=testo valign=middle align=center>IMPORTO
            </td>
            </tr>
          <tr>
          <td align=center>
          <div id=scontrino1 runat=server></div>
          </td>
          <td align=center><div id=scontrino2 runat=server></div></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
          <td colspan=4>
          <div id=importo runat=server></div>
          </td>
          </tr></div>
          </table><p class=testo align=center>Conferma</p>
          
<asp:label id="lblStatus" Runat="server" EnableViewState="False"></asp:label>
          
          
        

    </form>		 
	
</body>

la variabile in questione è totale



grazie ciau