Setting selected dropdownlist item.

How is best to set the selected item in a drop down list, from code, which is bound to a dataset?

Many thanks.

here's one way:

VB Code:

Private Sub bindAuthors()
    Dim connString As String = "user id=sa;password=sa;database=pubs;server=manson;"
    Dim cn As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection(connString)
    Dim cmdText As String = "Select au_id As AuthorId, " & _
                            "au_lname + ', ' + au_fname as AuthorFullName " & _
                            "From Authors"
    Dim da As SqlDataAdapter
    Dim ds As New DataSet("Authors")
    da = New SqlDataAdapter(cmdText, cn)
    da.Fill(ds)
    Authors.DataSource = ds
    Authors.DataTextField = "AuthorFullName"
    Authors.DataValueField = "AuthorId"
    Authors.DataBind()
    Authors.SelectedIndex = 5
End Sub