Add Item to drop down list

[Kevin]

I need to add a default item to all my dropdown lists, but I dont want to have to put it in the database where I load the dropdownlist from.  how can I add a default item at the top of the list for them to Pick an Item from List, itstead of showing first thing from the dtabase.

How I load the DropDownList then I call the void from within another load statement
 protected void FillDDl()
    {
        sql = "select intPlanId, strFuturePlan from ESGRFuturePlan where bitActive = 1 Order by strFuturePlan";

        ddlFuturePlan.DataTextField = "strFuturePlan";
        ddlFuturePlan.DataValueField = "intPlanId";
        ddlFuturePlan.DataSource = c.GetReader(sql);
        ddlFuturePlan.DataBind();
    }

To that list that Loads I need to add an Item such as
"Pick and Item from List" and give it a value of zero so that I can validate agianst it.

I then call FillDll() in my Load Person statement.

[Shinu]

Hi Kevin,

You can add a Default Item to the RadDropDownList in OnDataBound event. Please have a look into the following C# code which works as expected.

C#:

protected void RadDropDownList1_DataBound(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    var dropdownlist = (RadDropDownList)sender;
    dropdownlist.Items.Insert(0, new DropDownListItem("DefaultItem"));
}

Thanks,
Shinu.

[Kevin]

Sweet thanks for the help.