>>Well, few links I found
>>http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t94300-removing-item-in-dropdownlist.html
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>>http://timstall.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/remove_listitems_by_value_from_the_dropdownlist.htm
>
>It is in fact an interesting approach.
>
>That works.
>
>Thanks

You're welcome.

I was facing some challenges myself when I tried to use some extra info for the selected value... I later switched to UniquePortion + the value I needed for the Selected value and it was able to make it work.