Question

I m using a dropdown to display ‘Location’ field of a table. I want to set first item of dropdowm as ‘-Select Location-‘. I can’t set tables first record as ‘Select’ because table is stroed in xml format. And table file is generated dynamicaly. I am currentaly using as

    ddlLocationName.Dispose();     ddlLocationName.AppendDataBoundItems = true;     ddlLocationName.Items.Add('Select Location');             ddlLocationName.DataSource = _section.GetLocations();     ddlLocationName.DataBind();     ddlLocationName.AppendDataBoundItems = false; 

but data is binded repeatedly. What will be the solution for this problem? Thaks in advance.

Answer 1

After you have databound, then call ddlLocationName.Items.Insert(0, ‘Select Location’);

Example:

ddlLocationName.Items.Clear(); ddlLocationName.DataSource = _section.GetLocations(); ddlLocationName.DataBind(); ddlLocationName.Items.Insert(0, 'Select Location'); // Adds the item in the first position