ASP.net MVC DropDownList Pre-Selected item ignored

Question

I am facing a simular problem as outlined in the question \"Html.DropDownList in ASP.NET MVC RC (refresh) not pre-selecting item\"

I\'m using ASP.net MVC 1.0 and need to

Answer 1

I know this is an old post, but I found a link that shows a workaround where you can keep the same name for the dropdown list and keep data binding for the model on the form post:

http://publicityson.blogspot.com/2010/07/aspnet-mvc-htmldropdownlist-not-showing.html

I think this is a huge bug and am surprised it's not been fixed yet. Anyways, I hope this helps.