Sorting a DropDownList? - C#, ASP.NET

Question

I\'m curious as to the best route (more looking towards simplicity, not speed or efficiency) to sort a DropDownList in C#/ASP.NET - I\'ve looked at a few recommendations b

Answer 1

I usually load a DropDownList with values from a database table, so the easiest way is to sort your results as desired with the ORDER BY clause of your SELECT statement, and then just iterate through the results and dump them into the DropDownList.