Binding asp:DropDownList on asp:Repeater

[Goncalo Faria]

Hi.

I'll go directly to my problem:

I have a repeater that is binded with data.

For each data row I want the user to be able to change a
field, that is represented by a DropDownList.

My problem is that when binding the DropDownList I am not
able to select a default item that is at an index != 0
(zero).

Here is the code when binding the dropdown:

_dropdown.DataSource = _dataTable
_dropdown.DataTextField = "myTextField"
_dropdown.DataValueField = "myValueField"
_dropdown.DataBind()

_dropdown.Items.FindByValue(_myValue).Selected = True

these instructions are called in an overload method that
is triggered everytime a repeater item is created.

Any ideas?
If you want me to be more specific, pleas reply...

thank's in advance
goncalo