Bind list into Dropdown in MVC

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my controller code:

C#

var clentddl= db.ClientDetails.Where(x=>x.IsActive==true).Select(x=>x.Name).ToList();
           ViewBag.Clientname = clentddl.ToList();

           return View();

my view is:

C#

@Html.DropDownListFor(x => x.Clientname , ViewBag.Clientname as List<SelectListItem>, "PleaseSelect", new { @class = "form-control" })

Problem:

i got the data into the list and collected in viewbag. how to bind in view??

Posted 2-Dec-14 18:19pm

kesav prakash

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Solution 1

1.In ASP.NET MVC, all data that have to be used in the view should exist as properties in the used model. So in your case you have to extends your model class and and into it a property that will be used for this drop down list, then you will can use it in the view by using @Html.DropDownListFor() and not to use data cached into the ViewBag.

2.To fix your existing code you have to cache in the ViewBag a list of List<SelectListItem> and not a simple list like you are doing now, so in you controller you have to built this list before to cache it into the view bag.

Posted 2-Dec-14 19:35pm

Raul Iloc

Updated 2-Dec-14 19:46pm

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Badal Kumar · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-02T20:00:00

Solution 2

Use below code:

@Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.ClientId, new SelectList(ViewBag.Clientname as System.Collections.IEnumerable, "ClientId","RoleName"), new { id = "ddlClientName" })

Posted 2-Dec-14 20:00pm

Badal Kumar

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kesav prakash 4-Dec-14 7:59am

Thanks...