how to select default value in dropdown
here is the dropdown

```
<asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList4" runat="server" EnableViewState="true" 
    class="vpb_dropdown" DataTextField="ApproveType" DataValueField="ApproveID"
        AutoPostBack="true" OnSelectedIndexChanged="DropDownList4_SelectedIndexChanged">
                         <asp:ListItem Text="Pending"  Value="3"></asp:ListItem>
                         <asp:ListItem Text="Approve" Value="1"></asp:ListItem>
                         <asp:ListItem Text="Reject" Value="2"></asp:ListItem>
                    </asp:DropDownList>

```

i want to select pending as default..