Kevin,
>Admittedly, I don't know how this is done in Web Forms, but with the same control in WinForms, you have to set the display member and value member for the pulldown.WebForms are so much different than WinForms, that most controls behave quite differently and have totally different methods and properties. So for the most part, it's a moot point to reply with a WinForm answer to a WebForm question. (Just trying to save you from wasting time with replies that won't help ... unless you actually *like* wasting time! <g>)
~~Bonnie