How to get name value from selectlist in MVC

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I want to get the name value not ID value from SelectList in mvc.

Here is my code

Controller

var occupationList = new SelectList(new[] 
{
    new { ID = 1, Name = "Student" },
    new { ID = 2, Name = "House Wife" },
    new { ID = 3, Name = "Business Man" },
    new { ID = 4, Name = "Service Man" },
},
"ID", "Name", 1);
ViewData["occupationList"] = occupationList;
return View();

View

@Html.DropDownList("Occupation", ViewData["occupationList"] as SelectList, new {@class="control-label", style="width:250px;" })

Now, when I select the item from dropdownlist at that time it shows the selected item but it store the ID value in the database.

For ex : I select the Student Name value from the dropdownlist and save it. Now, in database it store the 1 value.

But I dont want to store the ID value i.e. 1. I want to store the Name value i.e. Student in database.

Thank You.

What I have tried:

I tried many thing but nothing worked.

Posted 15-Nov-17 3:20am

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Updated 15-Nov-17 3:40am

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Karthik_Mahalingam · Answer 1 · 2017-11-15T03:36:00

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But I dont want to store the ID value i.e. 1. I want to store the Name value i.e. Student in database.

if you dont want the ID value then assign the Text to ID

var occupationList = new SelectList(new[] 
{
    new { ID =  "Student", Name = "Student" },
    new { ID = "House Wife", Name = "House Wife" },
    new { ID = "Business Man", Name = "Business Man" },
    new { ID = "Service Man", Name = "Service Man" },
},

F-ES Sitecore · Answer 2 · 2017-11-15T03:40:00

The name isn't sent with the post so you can't read it using traditional methods. If your data is hard-coded then you already know what the ID equates to.

private List<MyData> GetData()
{
    return new List<MyData> {
        new MyData{ ID=1, Name="Student" },
        new MyData{ ID=2, Name="House Wife" },
        new MyData{ ID=3, Name="Business Man" },
        new MyData{ ID=4, Name="Service Man" },
    };
}

[HttpGet]
public ActionResult Index()
{
    var occupationList = new SelectList(GetData(),
    "ID", "Name", 1);

    ....

    // when the form is posted get the ID then get the name from the data
    int postedID = 1;
    string name = GetData().FirstOrDefault(d => d.ID == postedID).Name;

    ....

Edit: By the day, you *do* want to store the ID and not the text, trust us on that as it'll come back and bite you if you don't maintain data integrity in this way.

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