Sorting a DropDownList? - C#, ASP.NET

DataView dvOptions = new DataView(DataTableWithOptions);
dvOptions.Sort = "Description";

ddlOptions.DataSource = dvOptions;
ddlOptions.DataTextField = "Description";
ddlOptions.DataValueField = "Id";
ddlOptions.DataBind();

List<string> items = GetItemsFromSomewhere();
items.Sort((x, y) => string.Compare(x, y));
DropDownListId.DataSource = items;
DropDownListId.DataBind();

public static void ReorderAlphabetized(this DropDownList ddl)
    {
        List<ListItem> listCopy = new List<ListItem>();
        foreach (ListItem item in ddl.Items)
            listCopy.Add(item);
        ddl.Items.Clear();
        foreach (ListItem item in listCopy.OrderBy(item => item.Text))
            ddl.Items.Add(item);
    }

protected override void OnPreRender(EventArgs e)
    {
        base.OnPreRender(e);
        ddlMyDropDown.ReorderAlphabetized();
    }

Public Class ListItemComparer
    Implements IComparer(Of ListItem)

    Public Function Compare(ByVal x As ListItem, ByVal y As ListItem) As Integer _
        Implements IComparer(Of ListItem).Compare

        Dim c As New CaseInsensitiveComparer
        Return c.Compare(x.Text, y.Text)
    End Function
End Class

Public Shared Sub SortDropDown(ByVal cbo As DropDownList)
    Dim lstListItems As New List(Of ListItem)
    For Each li As ListItem In cbo.Items
        lstListItems.Add(li)
    Next
    lstListItems.Sort(New ListItemComparer)
    cbo.Items.Clear()
    cbo.Items.AddRange(lstListItems.ToArray)
End Sub

SortDropDown(cboMyDropDown)

List<ListItem> li = new List<ListItem>();
        foreach (ListItem list in DropDownList1.Items)
        {
            li.Add(list);
        }
        li.Sort((x, y) => string.Compare(x.Text, y.Text));
        DropDownList1.Items.Clear();
        DropDownList1.DataSource = li;
        DropDownList1.DataTextField = "Text";
        DropDownList1.DataValueField = "Value";
        DropDownList1.DataBind();

<asp:ObjectDataSource ID="dsData" runat="server" TableName="Data"
 Sort="ColumnName ASC" />

function sortlist(mylist)
{
   var lb = document.getElementById(mylist);
   arrTexts = new Array();
   arrValues = new Array();
   arrOldTexts = new Array();

   for(i=0; i<lb.length; i++)
   {
      arrTexts[i] = lb.options[i].text;
      arrValues[i] = lb.options[i].value;

      arrOldTexts[i] = lb.options[i].text;
   }

   arrTexts.sort();

   for(i=0; i<lb.length; i++)
   {
      lb.options[i].text = arrTexts[i];
      for(j=0; j<lb.length; j++)
      {
         if (arrTexts[i] == arrOldTexts[j])
         {
            lb.options[i].value = arrValues[j];
            j = lb.length;
         }
      }
   }
}