adding text to drop down list

Hi Anjali, your question is bit confusing. This is what I understand 1. You are binding a Dropdownlist with the data from the database for eg : Dropdownlist1.datasource = "datareader1" Dropdownlist1.datatext = "column_name" Dropdownlist1.datavalue="some_value" Dropdownlist1.databind() datareader1.close() 2. How do you want to insert text to the dropdownlist ? If you want any new text to be added, you can use pretty simple code dropdownlist1.items.insert(position,"text") 3. when you have the focus on datagrid, how do you want to add the text ? Please explain your requirements more clearly regards, Ganesh