MVC SelectList combining multiple columns in text field

Question

How would I generate a select list, where the text field, is made up of two or more text columns, eg: Where I have a Description and Rate field in my database, I want to com

Answer 1

I did this by modifying my View Model, here are my code:

The View Model

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using MvcEsosNew.Models;
using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace MvcEsosNew.ViewModels
{
    public class EntitlementViewModel
    {
        public int EntitlementCount { get; set; }
        public Entitlement Entitlement { get; set; }
        public SelectList Member { get; set; }
        public SelectList Job_Grade { get; set; }
        public SelectList Department { get; set; }
        public SelectList Esos_Batch { get; set; }
    }

    public class department_FullName
    {
        public int deptID { get; set; }
        public string deptCode { get; set; }
        public string deptName { get; set; }
        public string fullName { get { return deptCode + " - " + deptName; } }
    }
}

The Controller

public void getAllDepartment(EntitlementViewModel entitlementVM)
        {
            var department = from Department in db.Departments.Where(D => D.Status == "ACTIVE").ToList()
                             select new department_FullName
                             {
                                 deptID   = Department.id,
                                 deptCode = Department.department_code,
                                 deptName = Department.department_name
                             };
            entitlementVM.Department = new SelectList(department, "deptID", "fullName");
        }

The View

     

                

                    @Html.LabelFor(model => model.Entitlement.department_id)
                
                

                     @Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.Entitlement.department_id, Model.Department, new { @class="form-control" })
                     @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Entitlement.department_id)
                
            

The result: