Problem with binding DropDownList with ListItemCollection

[RAMADU]

Hi

There is a ListItemCollection containing ListItems (of course), each of whose Value and Text properties have been set. The Value and Text's values are different

i.e.
ListItem[0].Text = "Name0"
ListItem[0].Value = "ID0"

ListItem[1].Text = "Name1"
ListItem[1].Value = "ID1"

The above ListItem(s) are a part of the ListItemCollection that I mentioned before

Then I set the DataSource of a DropDownList (on my page) to the ListItemCollection and bind it

DropDownList.DataSource = ListItemCollection
DropDownList.DataBind()

But the DropDownList does not pick up the Value and the Text properties separately. It sets the Text Property of each ListItem as the Value also

On the other hand if I iterate through the ListItemCollection and Add() each ListItem to the DropDownList, then the Value and Text fields are picked separately

i.e.

foreach(ListItem in ListItemCollection

DropDownLIst.Items.Add(ListItem)
Can someone tell me why this is happening and if this is some sort of known issue in .NET

RAMADU