ASP.Net MVC2 DropDownListFor
- by hermiod
Hi all
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.
This is the code in my controller:
public ActionResult Create()
{
var Methods = te.Methods.Select(a => a);
List<SelectListItem> MethodList = new List<SelectListItem>();
foreach (Method me in Methods)
{
SelectListItem sli=new SelectListItem();
sli.Text = me.Description;
sli.Value = me.method_id.ToString();
MethodList.Add(sli);
}
ViewData["MethodList"] = MethodList.AsEnumerable();
Talkback tb = new Talkback();
return View(tb);
}
and I am having troubles trying to get the DropDownListFor to take the MethodList in ViewData. When I try:
<%:Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.method_id,new SelectList("MethodList","method_id","Description",Model.method_id)) %>
It errors out with the following message
DataBinding: 'System.Char' does not contain a property with the name 'method_id'.
I know why this is, as it is taking MethodList as a string, but I can't figure out how to get it to take the SelectList. If I do the following with a normal DropDownList:
<%: Html.DropDownList("MethodList") %>
It is quite happy with this.
Can anyone help?
