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Adding another item to a databound drop-down list.

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Stupidly simple, but I keep forgetting it.

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  1. private void PopulateLookupData()
  2.     {
  3.         Lookup.SuburbDataTable subs = DALLookup.GetSuburbs();
  4.         dropSuburb.DataSource = subs;
  5.         dropSuburb.DataTextField = subs.SuburbColumn.ColumnName;
  6.         dropSuburb.DataValueField = subs.SuburbIdColumn.ColumnName;
  7.         dropSuburb.DataBind(); 
  8.         dropSuburb.Items.Insert(0, new ListItem("Select a Suburb.")); 
  9.     }

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