How to add a default “Select” option to this ASP.NET DropDownList control?

Question

I am a new ASP.NET developer and I am trying to learn Linq-To-Entities. I am trying to bind a DropDownList with the Linq statement for retrieving the list of status in the S

Answer 1

Move DropDownList1.Items.Add(new ListItem("Select", "0", true)); After bindStatusDropDownList();

so:

    if (!IsPostBack)
    {
        bindStatusDropDownList(); //first create structure
        DropDownList1.Items.Add(new ListItem("Select", "0", true)); // after add item
    }