I have a Dropdownlist whose data I bind from a Database table.
No problems with that.
But I want to add a seperate item "Select a category" at the head of
the list. How am I supposed to do so ?

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DropDownList.Items.Insert(0, New ListItem("Select a category", ""))

After you bind your data add the following code:

ddl.Items.Insert(0, "1st Item")

"ddl" is the name of your dropdownlist, "0" is the index value, "1st Item" is what you want added to the list.

J

Well, it looks like planoie beat me to it...

J