ASP.NET - How to have a placeholder value for a data binded dropdownlist?
<p>I am trying to have a placeholder value inside of a drop down list. The drop down list should be a list of stores like Walmart, Kmart, and so on. However, I want the first value item in the list to say "Select a Store." The problem is that I am getting the list of stores from a database table and binding it to the drop down list. So right now, the drop down list displays: Walmart, Kmart, Hmart. I want it to display: Select a Store, Walmart, Kmart, Hmart.
Note: I am using ASP.NET C#.</p>

<p>HTML:</p>

<pre><code>&lt;asp:DropDownList ID="ddlStore" class="btn btn-primary dropdown-toggle" runat="server" AutoPostBack="true" Width="80%"     OnSelectedIndexChanged="ddlStore_SelectedIndexChanged"&gt;
&lt;/asp:DropDownList&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>Code-behind: </p>

<pre><code>public void getStores()
{
    objCommand.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
    objCommand.CommandText = "dbo.Store_Select";

    DataSet ds;
    ds = conn.GetDataSetUsingCmdObj(objCommand);
    ddlStore.DataSource = ds.Tables[0];

    if (ds.Tables[0].Rows.Count == 0)
    {
    /*No Store to display*/
    }
    else
    {
        foreach (DataRow current_row in ds.Tables[0].Rows)
        {
            ddlStore.DataTextField = "Store_Name";
            ddlStore.DataValueField = "Store_ID";
        }
    }
    ddlStore.DataBind();
 }
</code></pre>

<p>Thank You.</p>