Another way, besides Jerry's:
After the DataBining (you may bind the data all at once by calling
Page.DataBinding() or call DataBinding on each control), you simply insert a
new ListItem at beginning of the list (Index=0):
''Bind data to the dropdownlist first
DropDownList_companies.DataSource=theSource
DropDownList_companies.DataBinding()
Dim NewItem As ListItem = New ListItem("Select Company", "0")
DropDownList_companies.Items.Insert(0, NewItem)
"Jerry C" <je*****@nospam.nospamwrote in message
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Mike
Try
ddlGroup.Items.Clear()
ddlGroup.Items.Add("Select Company")
ddlGroup.AppendDataBoundItems = True
'The key is the appendDataBoundItems this will allow the added item to
stay
when
the data source is bound to the dropdownlist it works best if you add the
item before the databinding so it is the first item.
'Create your datasource here
ddlGroup.DataSource = MyDatasource
ddlGroup.DataBind()
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Jerry
"Mike" wrote:
>In ASP.NET 2.0 I have a dropdownlist populated from a sqldatasource. The
dropdownlist values are successfully populated from a database table. I
would
like to add the value "Select Company" which will be the selected value
when
the page loads. I attempted to use the code below to add "Select Company"
dynamically but it is not added. Only the values from the database are in
the
dropdownlist. I also tried to added it to the dropdownlist collection in
Visual Studio 2005 but "Select Company" was not added to the
dropdownlist.
How do I add a value to the dropdownlist that is not in the database?
Thank
you.
Dim NewItem As ListItem
NewItem = New ListItem("Select Company", "0")
DropDownList_companies.Items.Add(NewItem)
