Static Dropdown items in asp.net
<p>I searched a lot but nothing realy helped me. I am beginner and please bear any ignorance</p>

<p>I have a dropdown list in my aspx page. The source of the dropdown is from a sqlsource that I have it in my code behind file. I wanted to add a static item to the top of the dropdown and I was able to add it with below line</p>

<pre><code>reportparameter.Items.Insert(0, "-------SELECT----------");
</code></pre>

<p>how do I set a required field validator on this dropdown with the first value from the code behind. I tried different things and I get an conversion error whenever i submit the page.</p>
