How to insert --Select-- in combobox

Question

Hello All i am filling country list to Combobox. This list comes from Database. now I want to Insert --Select-- at the top of combox. i tried cmbcountry.items.insert(0--Select--); but it fired exception that items collections can not be modified after datasource property is set. Can anyone help me to sort out this problem Thank in advance Azamat

saravanan gajendran · Answer

Hi This this suitable for u afert binding dropdownlist finally add this DropDownList1.Items.Insert(0(new ListItem(--Select0)));

saravanan gajendran · Answer

Hi This this suitable for u afert binding dropdownlist finally add this DropDownList1.Items.Insert(0(new ListItem(--Select0))); Urs Sarav

mohitchawla · Answer

use the following query this works for sure. (select convert(nvarchar '(Select)') as \field1\) union all (select field1 from table1)

jc mandapat · Answer

try inserting the --Select-- in the properties of that combo box..i think it's items property(the one with the word collection on it's right side hehe sorry i don't know what it's called) any way just type it line-per-line. since you want the --Select-- to be on the top most it should be on the first line.hope it helps

Azamat · Answer

Thanks a lot for your reply. But as i wrote in my post it thorws exception Items collection can not be modified after data source property is set And also i cant find any object like ListItem so i didnt use it at all. thanks again

milind khire · Answer

Hi! Call a function PopulateCountry() to bind the countries list at Page Load event. Here bind the datasource to DropdownList. Then add the code to insert -- Select-- value at index 0. You can use the code: ListItem FirstItem = new ListItem(); FirstItem.Text = Select EmailId; FirstItem.Value = ; DropDownListCountry.Items.Insert(0FirstItem); Try this one!

How to insert "--Select--" in combobox