>Stephen,
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>You need to DataBind it, like this:
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>this.DataBindings.Add("SelectedValue", MyDataSet, "ap_opening");
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Uhm, that's Windows Forms code <g>...

But yeah, you can just assign the value to the SelectValue property in code or use the DataBinding expressions in the HTML text.

FWIW, SelectedValue is new property for list style items in .Net 1.1. It doesn't exist in 1.0 for Web forms.

+++ Rick ---

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>~~Bonnie
>
>
>>I have an edit page with a few (to many) drop downs.
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>>First is Opening, the Select Distinct from the data brings back 8 items and I add the other 2 making a total of 10 items.
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>>When the user picks a new item to edit how do I sync the opening "Left" dropdown with the dataset ap_opening column?
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>>TIA
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>>__Stephen