I need to set a particular item of my drop down list selected after data bind.

i´m trying :

this.DROP_DOWN.tems.FindByValue(mystring).selected = true;

it seems to be ok but the FindByValue Method never finds the item.

here is the code:

this.GetAgencias(this.ObjReserva.AgRetirada.Cidade,this.AGENCIA_RETIRADA,"R");

//this method Load the data from my database and bind to the drop down list

this.AGENCIA_RETIRADA.Items.FindByValue(this.ObjReserva.AgRetirada.LocCode).Selected = true;

and then make it selected.

can anyone help me??