The ViewData item that has the key 'MY KEY' is of type 'System.String' but must be of type 'IEnumerable'

Question

I am trying to populate a dropdown list from a database mapped with Linq-2-SQL, using ASP.NET MVC 2, and keep getting this error.

I am so confused because I am decla

Answer 1

You will receive this error if the SelectList is null.