Question

i have a dropdown list labeled status and i wanted to add the following options to the drop down:

Open
Closed
All

for each option a stored procedure will be used generate the results. I just blanked on how add options to the dropdown list without populating them from a table.

Asp.net project, mvc/c#

Answer 1

    <asp:DropDownList ID="ddlExample" runat="server">
        <asp:ListItem Text="Open"></asp:ListItem>
        <asp:ListItem Text="Closed"></asp:ListItem>
        <asp:ListItem Text="All"></asp:ListItem>
    </asp:DropDownList>

If you want to specify a different value, you can delcare that within the ListItem row

… If you need to add in the code behind:

        ddlExample.Items.Insert(0, new ListItem("Open"));
        ddlExample.Items.Insert(1, new ListItem("Closed"));
        ddlExample.Items.Insert(2, new ListItem("All"));