populating items from dropdownlist

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I want to display "Please select....." as the first item in the dropdownlist while populating them from server side.

I have this code behind

C#

ddldept.DataSource = emp.GetDepartments();
               ddldept.DataTextField = "deptid";
               ddldept.DataValueField = "deptname";
               ddldept.DataBind();

i am getting bit confusion please help

regards
sreekanth

Posted 27-Jun-12 0:26am

sreekanth12

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Solution 2

here is the code

C#

ddldept.DataSource = emp.GetDepartments();
ddldept.DataTextField = "deptid";
ddldept.DataValueField = "deptname";
ddldept.DataBind();
ddldept.Items.Insert(0, new ListItem("Please select.....", "0"));

P.S. just make sure you handle this "Please select....." while validations

Posted 27-Jun-12 0:32am

Rahul Rajat Singh

Updated 27-Jun-12 0:40am

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Vani Kulkarni 27-Jun-12 6:35am

Ditto! 5!

Rahul Rajat Singh 27-Jun-12 6:41am

i was actually planning to write "Ditto" under your answer. i guess that would have become double ditto :)

+5 to you too.

Solution 3

Try this

C#

DropDownList1.Items.Insert(0,new ListItem("Please select"));

Posted 27-Jun-12 0:37am

pradiprenushe

Updated 27-Jun-12 0:40am

v2

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Vani Kulkarni · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-27T00:32:00

Solution 1

Add below code after you bind your dropdown:

C#

ddldept.DataSource = emp.GetDepartments();
               ddldept.DataTextField = "deptid";
               ddldept.DataValueField = "deptname";
               ddldept.DataBind();
ddldept.Items.Insert(0, new ListItem("--Please Select--", "0"));

Posted 27-Jun-12 0:32am

Vani Kulkarni

Updated 27-Jun-12 0:34am

v2