There is no ViewData item of type 'IEnumerable' that has the key country

Question

While binding dropdown in MVC, I always get this error: There is no ViewData item of type \'IEnumerable\' that has the key country.

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Answer 1

you can use this:

 var list = new SelectList(countryList, "Id", "Name");
 ViewBag.countries=list;
 @Html.DropDownList("countries",ViewBag.countries as SelectList)