<asp:DetailsView ID="grd_empDetails"  runat="server" DataSourceID="empDataSource" DataKeyNames="EmployeeID" DefaultMode="Insert" AutoGenerateRows="false">
            <Fields>
                <asp:BoundField HeaderText="First Name" DataField="FirstName" />
                <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Type of Employee">
                    <ItemTemplate>
                        <asp:DropDownList ID="empType" runat="server" DataValueField="empType" AppendDataBoundItems="true">
                            <asp:ListItem Text="Full Time" Value="1" />
                            <asp:ListItem Text="Part Time" Value="2" />
                            <asp:ListItem Text="Subcontractor or 1099" Value="3" />
                            <asp:ListItem Text="Intern" Value="4" />
                        </asp:DropDownList>
                    </ItemTemplate>
                </asp:TemplateField>
                <asp:CommandField ShowInsertButton="true" ShowCancelButton="true" />
            </Fields>
        </asp:DetailsView>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Type of Employee">
                    <ItemTemplate>
                        <asp:DropDownList ID="empType" runat="server" DataValueField="empType" SelectedValue='<%#Bind("empType") %>'>
                            <asp:ListItem Text="Full Time" Value="1" />
                            <asp:ListItem Text="Part Time" Value="2" />
                            <asp:ListItem Text="Subcontractor or 1099" Value="3" />
                            <asp:ListItem Text="Intern" Value="4" />
                        </asp:DropDownList>
                    </ItemTemplate>
                </asp:TemplateField>