dropdownlist getting default value insted of selected value in mvc4

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i am unable to get correct value from drop down in mvc4. my edit view code is

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@Html.DropDownList("IDCountry", (IEnumerable<SelectListItem>)ViewBag.IDCountry, 
    new { @class = "span6" })

if i use below code am able to get correct value but am unable to apply style for dropdownlist

HTML

@Html.DropDownList("IDCountry",String.empty)

please solve my problem.

Posted 11-Jun-13 23:50pm

ajitha.pusapati

Updated 12-Jun-13 3:51am

Sunasara Imdadhusen

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Sunasara Imdadhusen 12-Jun-13 9:51am

have you searched on net?

Anurag Gandhi 12-Jun-13 9:55am

Do you have the value selected in SelectList? ViewBag.IDCountry??

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**Zoltán Zörgő** · Answer 1 · 2013-06-12T03:57:00

Solution 1

If you look at the overloads[^], you will see that these two are not the same. If you want to specify default empty value also, I suggest this overload[^].

C#

@Html.DropDownList("IDCountry", (IEnumerable<SelectListItem>)ViewBag.IDCountry, String.empty, new { @class = "span6" })

Posted 12-Jun-13 3:57am

Zoltán Zörgő

RomilGandhi · Answer 2 · 2013-06-27T02:18:00

Solution 2

C#

@Html.DropDownList("IDCountry", (IEnumerable<SelectListItem>)ViewBag.IDCountry,"String"
    new { @class = "span6" })

Posted 27-Jun-13 2:18am

RomilGandhi