title: Set default value of telerik:GridDropDownColumn inside of telerik:RadGrid
body: <p>I have a telerik:RadGrid that is bound to a SQL Data Source.  One of the columns is for "Location" which is really a look up value in another table.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;telerik:GridDropDownColumn 
       DataField="d_location_id" 
       DataSourceID="dsLocation" 
       UniqueName="d_location_id" 
       DataType="System.Int32" 
       ListValueField="d_location_id" 
       ListTextField="Abbreviation" 
       HeaderText="Location"&gt;
  &lt;/telerik:GridDropDownColumn&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My list of locations is stored in an ObjectDataSource, which is bound to a static DataTable and sorted alphabetically for me already.  What I would like to do is be able to set the default option for this dropdown.</p>
  
  <p>For example, suppose I have the following locations:</p>
  
  <pre><code>1   Home    
  2   Work
  3   Parents
  4   Car
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I would like to have Parents be my default value.</p>
  
  <p>This sample on <a href="http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/grid/examples/generalfeatures/columntypes/defaultcs.aspx" rel="noreferrer">Telerik</a> shows something similar to what I'm trying to do.  If you click "Add New Record", you'll notice the default city is Kirkland and I'm trying to figure out how to use London as the default when adding a new record.</p>