Hi,
Add items to your combo box in the below way in your data read,
comboboxid.add.items(marital_status);
or get a dataset and bind it to your combo box.like,
comboboxid.DataSource = dsView;
comboboxid.DisplayMember = "CompanyName";
comboboxid.ValueMember = "CustomerID";
Hope this helps.
Also, check this link for data binding examples.
http://www.akadia.com/services/dotnet_databinding.html[
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