DropDownList inside a DataList

[snowburnt]

I have a dropdownlist inside of a datalist.

this is what I've done to try to get data to it:

private void DisplayTicketData_ItemDataBound(object sender,
DataListItemEventArgs e){
DropDownList ddl;

ddl = (DropDownList)e.Item.FindControl("Owner");

ddl.Items.Add(new ListItem("happy","happy"));
ddl.Items.Add(new ListItem("1","happy2"));

}

the ASP:

<aspataList ID="DisplayTicketData"....>
...
<aspropDownList ID="Owner" />
...
</aspataList>

I tried more complicated databinding with this function, but if I
can't even get it to work with adding them like this, I figured there
was something wrong with my function.

all it gives me is a blank dropdown list.

Thanks in advance!

let me know if you need any more info.

--Bart