"Mike Moore" <Mi*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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but more work.
Hardly... :-)
what I wanted was a way to combine two columns *after* a query was
performed
by setting the datatextfield property a certain way.
I don't believe so. However, you could abandon the DataSource() and
DataBind() method of populating the dropdown and instead iterate through the
records in the DataSet / DataReader, concatenate the two name fields and
then add them to the dropdown using its Items.Add() method.
However, I think you'll find that is certainly more work...