Cant set drop down list selected value in page load
<p>I'm trying to set the selected value of a ddl during page load ie. before databind.</p>

<p>This causes "selected value does not exist" errors. So I force a databind, and add a new element if it does not exist in the data source.</p>

<p>However it looks like when the databind is performed later in the page lifecycle that my added element(s) are removed/overwritten.</p>

<p>Am I setting the values in the wrong part of the life cycle?
what I'm doing seems rather hackish and I think im going about this the wrong way... is there a better way to do this?</p>
