Selected value on a DropDownList inside of a repeater

protected void ddlstatus_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
      {
          DropDownList d = (DropDownList)sender;
          int val = Convert.ToInt32(d.SelectedValue);

          int count = Repeater1.Items.Count;
          int index = 0;
          string cID = d.UniqueID;

          while (index < count)
          {
              if (Repeater1.Items[index].ItemType == ListItemType.Item || Repeater1.Items[index].ItemType == ListItemType.AlternatingItem)
              {
                  if (Repeater1.Items[index].FindControl("ddlstatus") != null)
                  {
                      DropDownList ddl = Repeater1.Items[index].FindControl("ddlstatus") as DropDownList;
                      if (ddl.UniqueID == cID)
                      {
                          if (Repeater1.Items[index].FindControl("txtlocation") != null)
                          {
                              TextBox txtLoc = Repeater1.Items[index].FindControl("txtlocation") as TextBox;
                              txtLoc.Text = ((val == 2) ? "Pool" : String.Empty);
                          }
                          if (Repeater1.Items[index].FindControl("ddldept") != null)
                          {
                              DropDownList ddldept = Repeater1.Items[index].FindControl("ddldept") as DropDownList;
                              ddldept.Enabled = ((val == 2) ? false : true);
                          }
                          if (Repeater1.Items[index].FindControl("txtdriver") != null)
                          {
                              TextBox txtLocd = Repeater1.Items[index].FindControl("txtdriver") as TextBox;
                              txtLocd.Enabled = ((val == 2) ? false : true);
                          }
                      }
                  }
              }
              index++;
          }

      }

protected void myRepeater_ItemDataBound(object sender, RepeaterItemEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.Item ||
       e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.AlternatingItem)
    {
        var degree_dropdown = e.Item.FindControl("degree_dropdown") as DropDownList;
        string degreeCode = (string) ((DataRowView) e.Item.DataItem)["degreeCode"];

        if (degree_dropdown != null)
        {
            degree_dropdown.DataSource = degrees; //a datatable
            degree_dropdown.DataTextField = "degree";
            degree_dropdown.DataValueField = "code";
            degree_dropdown.DataBind();

            if (degree_dropdown.Items.FindByValue(degreeCode) != null)
                degree_dropdown.SelectedValue = degreeCode;
        }
    }
}