Question

My dropdown will be populated with data from an entity model as follow:

    HotelTestDatabaseEntities hotelData = new HotelTestDatabaseEntities();
    var afdelingQuery = from afd in hotelData.Afdelings
                        orderby afd.afdelingNaam
                        select afd;
    DropDownList1.DataValueField = "afdelingID";
    DropDownList1.DataTextField = "afdelingNaam";
    DropDownList1.DataSource = afdelingQuery;
    DataBind();

How is it possible to put a “Select Value…” item on top of the dropdown list?

Answer 1

Add this code after binding is done for DropDownList1.

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