DropDownList not displaying properly solution

[Jim French]

I thought I would share this (semi) annoying issue I had. Basically, the
DropDownList I was trying to bind inside a Repeater with the ItemDataBound
event was not working - instead of a normal listbox, I was getting a row of
string values. The problem was that I left out the closing '>' from the
literal control that was directly in front of the DDL.

Private Sub Repeater1_ItemD ataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Repe aterItemEventAr gs) Handles
Repeater1.ItemD ataBound
'Bind Name
CType(e.Item.Fi ndControl("litN ame"), Literal).Text = "<p><b>" &
objDS.Tables("T able2").Rows(e. Item.ItemIndex) .Item("personam e") & "</b></p"
<-----

'Bind DropDownList
Dim lstWho As DropDownList = CType(e.Item.Fi ndControl("lstw ho"),
DropDownList)
lstWho.DataSour ce = objDS.Tables("T able1")
lstWho.DataText Field = "Name"
lstWho.DataValu eField = "ID"
lstWho.DataBind ()
End Sub

Hope that can help someone save some time someday!