Hi, I populate a dropdownlist from a database table, but I need to give the user an option to NOT select anything from the dropdownlist, the problem is that the dropdownlist does not have a BLANK item as an option, and I don't want to add a blank record to the table that popuates the dropdownlist as a result, because the list is sorted alphabetically, the first items automatically dispplays on the dropdownlist and I pick it up when I look at SelectedItem.Text for the control. How can I solve this problem? Thanks