dropdownlist question *[RESOLVED]*

[tailz]

i have a question for you .netters out there. i am using a dropdownlist on a webform and loading the values from a database. works fine.

what i want to do is jump to an item in the list by using the "findbyvalue" function. e.g:

ddlCountys.Items.FindByValue(rs("CountyID").ToString()).Selected = True

this failed. i was told something along the lines of "an item is already selected so u cant do that"

i resolved this by using "ddl.selecteditem.selected = false", the result being:

ddlCountys.SelectedItem.Selected = False
ddlCountys.Items.FindByValue(rs("CountyID").ToString()).Selected = True

there is something about having to do that which irritates me, i dont want two lines of code

whats a better way please?