Using VS2005, I am creating a Asp.Net Webform. This form has a dropdown list webcontrol. I want to populate the dropdown with data from a table and set it's SelectedValue property. All of this works except for the SelectedValue.

When I look at the HTML source in IE, I notice that the Value tag for the dropdown has trailing spaces next to the value. For Example:

<option value="0006   ">Description for 0006</option>
<option value="0007   ">Description for 0007</option>

How do I remove these trailing spaces behind the 0006 and 0007? The only way I can set a SelectedValue for this dropdown is to include the trailing spaces. I prefer not to do this. Below shows two examples, one works the other doesn't. How can I get example one to work?

//Example one
this.cbo_soplant.SelectedValue = "0006";   //Does not work.
//Example two
this.cbo_soplant.SelectedValue = "0006   ";  //Works.

Thanks,

Jerry