title: Html.DropDownList setting selected Item
body: <p>How can I set selected Item of Html.DropDownList to Request.QueryString["JobType"]</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;td class="data"&gt;&lt;%= Html.DropDownList("MaintJobTypes")%&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>some thing to: </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;td class="data"&gt;&lt;%= Html.DropDownList("MaintJobTypes").selectedItem = Request.QueryString["JobType"]%&gt;
  </code></pre>