Dropdownlist having Select as First Value in vb.net[Answered] RSS

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  shsu

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  Dropdownlist having Select as First Value in vb.net

  Mar 11, 2019 10:23 AM|shsu|LINK

  
  I have a dropdownlist in vb.net. The values are retrieving from the database table(For eg country name, and it starts form A).it is shwoing but I need to show first value as Select. How to make it possible. Thanks

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  Re: Dropdownlist having Select as First Value in vb.net

  Mar 11, 2019 11:55 AM|jzero|LINK

  On dropdownList control set "AppendDataBoundItems", then add a ListItem

  <asp:DropDownList ID="myDropDown" runat="server" AppendDataBoundItems="True" DataTextField="description" DataValueField="code">
    <asp:ListItem>Select/asp:ListItem>
  </asp:DropDownList>