Question : Default selected item for drop down list box

Hello guys,

                     I am new to asp.net I am not trying to achieve anythign fancy but just trying to set default selected value for one of the dropdown that I am using.  for that I am doing Items>selected= true for whatever item I want selected when i load the page. In my case, it is a month dropdows and I am selecting date 14 as selected default value out of all 30 values but somehow, out of the blue .NEt decides to show me 29 instead of 14. I am not sure if there  is some another setting that is overwritting this value.



Any ideas?

Answer : Default selected item for drop down list box

Probably something like:

DropDownList.DataBind()
DropDownList.SelectedIndex = 3

But you may need list count...

See also:
http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t75681-dropdown-list-default-selected-item.html

or

http://forums.asp.net/t/1219729.aspx