Adding another item to a databound drop-down list.

Revision: 4956

at January 30, 2008 22:13 by rengber

Initial Code

private void PopulateLookupData()
    {
        Lookup.SuburbDataTable subs = DALLookup.GetSuburbs();
        dropSuburb.DataSource = subs;
        dropSuburb.DataTextField = subs.SuburbColumn.ColumnName;
        dropSuburb.DataValueField = subs.SuburbIdColumn.ColumnName;
        dropSuburb.DataBind(); 
        dropSuburb.Items.Insert(0, new ListItem("Select a Suburb.")); 
    }

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Initial Description

Stupidly simple, but I keep forgetting it.

Initial Title

Adding another item to a databound drop-down list.

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simple

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C#

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