Hi there ! I have Two dropdowns in my project and both of them is get their datas from a datasource first one is like that;
<asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList1" runat="server"
DataSourceID="AccessDataSource2" DataTextField="Location"
DataValueField="Location" AutoPostBack="True" ValidationGroup="5" AppendDataBoundItems="True">
<asp:ListItem Selected="True" Value="-1">---Seçim Yapiniz---</asp:ListItem>
</asp:DropDownList>
<asp:AccessDataSource ID="AccessDataSource2" runat="server"
DataFile="~/App_Data/Hotels.mdb"
SelectCommand="SELECT distinct [Location] FROM [Hotels] ORDER BY [Location]">
</asp:AccessDataSource>
As you can see, it includes a listItem as well as datasource and it works smoot ...
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