I am trying to insert an item into a dropdown which is bound to an
sqldatasource. Nothing happens when I place the following code in page load
and render event. Is the datasource overriding my insert or am I doing
something wrong

Dim lstitemcompany As New ListItem

lstitemcompany.Text = "Select a company"

lstitemcompany.Value = ""

drpCompanies.Items.Insert(0, lstitemcompany)

do the insert in the DataBound event handler:

    protected void DropDownList1_DataBound(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        DropDownList ddl = (DropDownList)sender;
        ddl.Items.Insert(0, new ListItem("text", "value"));
    }


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