ViewModel with SelectList binding in ASP.NET MVC2

Question

I am trying to implement an Edit ViewModel for my Linq2SQL entity called Product. It has a foreign key linked to a list of brands.

Currently I am populating the bra

Answer 1

A new attribute DropDownList for your property BrandId may be helpful. Have a look at the Extending ASP.NET MVC 2 Templates article. But this approach uses ViewData as selectlist's items source.