title: how to set the default value to the drop down list control?
body: <p>I have a drop down list control on my web page. I have bind the datatable to the dropdownlist control as follows -</p>
  
  <pre><code>lstDepartment.DataTextField = "DepartmentName";
      lstDepartment.DataValueField = "DepartmentID";
      lstDepartment.DataSource = dtDept;
      lstDepartment.DataBind();
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>in the page load event i want to set the default value to the drop down list control from my other table field.</p>
  
  <p>how to do this?</p>