bounded dropdownlist in asp?

[noneedtofearitsjustme]

I have a dropdownlist that's bounded to a sqldatasource. However i want dropdownlist to display "select item" and not the first item returned from the datasource. "select item should be the first item in the dropdownlist.
listitem wont work the dropdownlist is bounded.

 

[KASH]

<listitem>Select item<listitem>

try this

this.dropTest.Items.Add(new ListItem("---please Select---", "initial
value"));

or try this

<aspropDownList ID="ddList" runat="server" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource"
DataTextField="name" DataValueField="name" AppendDataBoundItems="true"><asp:ListItem Text="Root" Value="Root"></asp:ListItem>
</aspropDownList>