title: Setting dropdownlist selected index
body: <p>I have a dropdownlist with country names in alphabetical order. I want the dropdown to  have (show) India as the default value always. I don't want to set the selected index with a constant because other countries may be added to the list later. How can set the index to "India"?</p>
  
  <pre><code> ddlCountryCode.DataSource = ds1.Tables["AUser"];
   ddlCountryCode.DataTextField = "CountryCode";
   ddlCountryCode.SelectedIndex = 
               ddlCountryCode.Items.IndexOf(ddlCountryCode.Items.FindByText("India(+91)"));
   ddlCountryCode.DataBind();
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>doesnt work...</p>