Databinding Dropdown list to a datareader

[Richdef]

Hello,

I'm having an interesting problem. I'm databinding a dropdownlist to a SQL Datareader. Everything works fine -- EXCEPT the first item is always ignored or skipped!!

Why does this happen and how do I resolve this issue?
Here is a code sample: Note: the GetTemplates method just creates a connection and uses data access blocks to return a SQL datareader.

 Dim rdrData As SqlDataReader = BO_EmailInterface.GetData.GetTemplates(CStr(Session("strServer")), DeptID)
            If Not rdrData Is Nothing Then
                ddlDocTypes.DataSource = rdrData
                ddlDocTypes.DataTextField = rdrData.GetName(1)
                ddlDocTypes.DataValueField = rdrData.GetName(0)
                While rdrData.Read()
                    ddlDocTypes.DataBind()
                End While
            End If

In this case only one record is returned - verified this in debuging - however nothing is displayed - if more than one record is returned the first is always ignored!!

Any help and/or explanations would be much appreciated!!

Thanks!

[Richdef]

When I remove the While dataReader.Read() Condition and simply retrieve the datareader and then bind the control to it it works fine...

Dim rdrData As SqlDataReader = BO_EmailInterface.GetData.GetTemplates(CStr(Session("strServer")), DeptID)
            If Not rdrData Is Nothing Then
                ddlDocTypes.DataSource = rdrData
                ddlDocTypes.DataTextField = rdrData.GetName(1)
                ddlDocTypes.DataValueField = rdrData.GetName(0)
                ddlDocTypes.DataBind()
            End If