Working with Drop Down list using MVC

File->New->Project

select : ASP.NET MVC 4- Application

AND CLICK ON OK

And select the project template and click on ok

And Go to Controller Folder and Right Click  AddController.

Go to  Controller and Select the Method Index and Right CLick on it.

and Now, go to Index.cshtml

and Write the following Code, ( this is binding Static Data)

Output:

Here, in the above example second parameter is  a collection of SelectListItem  which is used as Datasource for  DropDownList 


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public ActionResult Index()
        {
            List<string> ListItems = new List<string>();
            ListItems.Add("Select");
            ListItems.Add("India");
            ListItems.Add("a");
            ListItems.Add("d");
            ListItems.Add("d Africa");
            SelectList Countries = new SelectList(ListItems);
            ViewData["Countries"] = Countries;
            return View();
        }



Index.cshtml

Output:

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With Model.

Now Go to Solution Explorer

And again go to solution explorer and add new item 
and add ado.net entity frame work

And click on add

Click on New Connection.

Give the Details and Click on Ok Button.

Click on Finish.

Controller.cs

public ActionResult Index()
        {
            RNDDatabaseEntities db = new RNDDatabaseEntities();
            ViewBag.Countries = new SelectList(db.Countries, "CountryID", "Countryname");
            return View();

        }


Index.cshtml


@model IEnumerable<MvcApplication3.Country>
@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Index";
}

<h2>Index</h2>

@Html.DropDownList("Countries", "Select")

Output:

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Controller.cs

Index.cshtml

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Index.cshtml

@model IEnumerable<MvcApplication3.Models.CountryModel>

@{

    ViewBag.Title = "Index";

}

<h2>Index</h2>

@Html.DropDownList("SelectedItem", (IEnumerable<SelectListItem>)ViewData["ListItems"])

output: