Creating a collection of SelectListItem with LINQ

Question

I\'m trying to display a dropdown list of users in my view. Here is the code I\'m using in my controller method:

var users = _usersRepository.Users.Select(u =>         


        

Answer 1

I think you're looking for SqlFunctions

using System.Data.Objects.SqlClient;

var users = _usersRepository.Users.Select(u => new SelectListItem
                                    {
                                        Text = u.FirstName + " " + u.LastName,
                                        Value = SqlFunctions.StringConvert((double?)u.UserID)
                                    }

return View(new MyViewModel { Users = users });