Drop down list default name as "select"

Question

Hey,

       I have lots of drop down list in my project . Here I need use "select" on page load to the drop down list and also when I could not select anything from the list and press submit button, a null value should be send to the data base. Below is my code:

ddlCountry.Items.Insert(0, new ListItem(string.Empty, string.Empty));

ddlCountry.SelectedIndex = 0;

 

In this a blank is shown in drop down list, I need "select" word on that instead.