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Add 'Custom' first row to SELECT statement result set

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I am trying to display a list of contact names for a drop down, but the first row of the result set needs to be a custom row.  Is there a way you can maually "insert" a row into the result set from an SQL query?  I am using the following SQL text...

SELECT ID, FIRST_NAME FROM dbo.CONTACTS

Obvious Results:
ID  FIRST_NAME
1 'John'
2 'Jane'

But how do I output?
ID FIRST_NAME
X 'No Name'  (this row is obviouly not in the table, but would like it be part of the result set)
1 'John'
2 'Jane'
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Zone: Programming
Question Asked By: burtonrhodes
Solution Provided By: jimhorn
Participating Experts: 3
Solution Grade: A
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Comment by Chumad
The cleaner way would be to handle this from the application. So if your application is a web page that has a drop down box, simply insert an item into the drop down box at the top then fill the rest of it up with your database query.
 
 
Comment by jimhorn
Thanks for the grade.  Good luck with your project.  -Jim
 
 
Comment by burtonrhodes
I definately get the front-end advice.  However, I am trying to populate an MS Access cbobox that is populated from a query.  There is no way to add the row through a front-end method.
 
 
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