Carlos Rivero

this is how to populate a dropdown ASP.net 3.5 control with entity spaces in code behind c#: (Item is tha name of my entity) ItemCollection i = new ItemCollection(); i.LoadAll(); this.ddlItemType.DataSource = i; this.ddlItemType.DataTextField = ItemMetadata.PropertyNames.Description; this.ddlItemType.DataValueField = ItemMetadata.PropertyNames.ItemTypeID; this.ddlItemType.DataBind(); if you add this after the databind it will add a list item at index zero (pre-selected) ListItem li = new ListItem("select one ", ""); this.ddlItemType.Items.Insert(0,li);