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

If your data is coming to you as a System.Data.DataTable, call the DataTable's .Select() method, passing in "" for the filterExpression and "COLUMN1 ASC" (or whatever column you want to sort by) for the sort. This will return an array of DataRow objects, sorted as specified, that you can then iterate through and dump into the DropDownList.