Append items to drop down lists

[Samantha Penhale]

Hi, I have a drop down list ddlServers and in my data access layer I run a
stored procedure to populate it. I need to be able to append items to the
drop down list and don't know how to do this. Here is the code I use to bind
the data retrieved from the DAL to the field.

{
DAL GetAllServers = new DAL();
DataSet dsServerNames = GetAllServers.GetAllServers();
ddlServers.DataSource = dsServerNames;
ddlServers.DataTextField = "Server_Name";
ddlServers.DataValueField = "Server_Id";
ddlServers.DataBind();
ddlServers.Items.Insert(0,new ListItem("--Select a Server--",""));
Console.WriteLine();
}

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Samantha,

If I remember correctly, when you make a call to DataBind, it will
render the control, so your call to insert a new item will not be rendered.

Rather, you should take your data set, and add the item to that before
the call to DataBind. Either that, or populate the items manually from the
data set, adding your item at the end (or beginning).

Hope this helps.

--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Samantha Penhale" <Sa*************@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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Hi, I have a drop down list ddlServers and in my data access layer I run a
stored procedure to populate it. I need to be able to append items to the
drop down list and don't know how to do this. Here is the code I use to
bind
the data retrieved from the DAL to the field.

{
DAL GetAllServers = new DAL();
DataSet dsServerNames = GetAllServers.GetAllServers();
ddlServers.DataSource = dsServerNames;
ddlServers.DataTextField = "Server_Name";
ddlServers.DataValueField = "Server_Id";
ddlServers.DataBind();
ddlServers.Items.Insert(0,new ListItem("--Select a Server--",""));
Console.WriteLine();
}

[Samantha Penhale]

Thank you so much for addressing this!
"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" wrote:

Samantha,

If I remember correctly, when you make a call to DataBind, it will
render the control, so your call to insert a new item will not be rendered.

Rather, you should take your data set, and add the item to that before
the call to DataBind. Either that, or populate the items manually from the
data set, adding your item at the end (or beginning).

Hope this helps.

--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Samantha Penhale" <Sa*************@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:4B**********************************@microsof t.com...

Hi, I have a drop down list ddlServers and in my data access layer I run a
stored procedure to populate it. I need to be able to append items to the
drop down list and don't know how to do this. Here is the code I use to
bind
the data retrieved from the DAL to the field.

{
DAL GetAllServers = new DAL();
DataSet dsServerNames = GetAllServers.GetAllServers();
ddlServers.DataSource = dsServerNames;
ddlServers.DataTextField = "Server_Name";
ddlServers.DataValueField = "Server_Id";
ddlServers.DataBind();
ddlServers.Items.Insert(0,new ListItem("--Select a Server--",""));
Console.WriteLine();
}