ASP.Net MVC2 DropDownListFor

Question

I am trying to learn MVC2, C# and Linq to Entities all in one project (yes, I am mad) and I am experiencing some problems with DropDownListFor and passing the SelectList to it.<

Answer 1

EDIT: So you are using Entity Framework, yes? In that case with the addition info you put in the comments, you would want to do something like this:

public ActionResult Create()
{
    var viewModel = new CreateViewModel(); // Strongly Typed View

    using(Entities dataModel = new Entities()) // 'te' I assume is your data model
    {
         viewModel.Methods = dataModel.Methods.Select(x => new SelectListItem()
         {
              Text = x.Description,
              Value = x.method_id.ToString()
         });
    }

    return View(viewModel);
}

Your strongly typed view model would be:

public class CreateViewModel
{
     public string SelectedMethod { get; set; }
     public IEnumerable<SelectListItem> Methods { get; set; }
}

Your view code would be:

<%@ Page Title="" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Views/Shared/Site.Master" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<CreateViewModel>" %>
 <%-- Note the Generic Type Argument to View Page! --%>
 <%: Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.SelectedMethod, Model.Methods) %>