Drop down list item add

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hello all,

I have a dropdownlist which is filled with data from dataset,
now i want to add test -- select -- on the first place, but at the same time i don't want to disturb data which came from my dataset to dropdownlist...
please help

Thanks in Advance

Posted 3-May-13 2:40am

sunil mali

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Solution 1

after databind add following code :

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DropDownList1.Items.Insert(0, "--Select--");

Posted 3-May-13 2:43am

Bhushan Shah1988

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sunil mali 3-May-13 8:56am

Hii bhushan,

This will add item text property and value property as --Select--
i also want to give some value property to same item lets say 12 as value to this item

ex:-
it should display
droplst.SeletedItem.text should give me --Select--
and droplst.selectedValue.text should give me 12
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Bhushan Shah1988 · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-03T03:07:00

Solution 3

As par your requirement, try below code :

DropDownList1.Items.Insert(0,new ListItem("--Select--","12"));

Posted 3-May-13 3:07am

Bhushan Shah1988

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sunil mali 3-May-13 9:12am

Thanks bhushan this is what i want...Thanks :)

Bhushan Shah1988 3-May-13 9:20am

you are welcome. Do vote.