VB.NET: Programmatically populate a DropDownList (aspx)

If you need to populate a dropdownlist by hand

However the value and the displayed text are both the same!

Me.ddlTest.Items.Clear()

Dim strDDL() As String = {"Aaa111", "Bbb222", "Ccc333"}

Me.ddlTest.DataSource = strDDL

Me.ddlTest.DataBind()