ASP.NET MVC dropdown-list from database

Question

Ok, so I\'m new to this whole MVC-world, but it seems to be a pretty good way of getting things done and I\'m trying to make it work here.

The problem is: I can\'t g

Answer 1

this is my table in the database

take look it my Action controller

    // GET: Letters
    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        ViewBag.LetterStatus = new SelectList(LetterStatusService.GetAllLettersStatus(), "Id", (CultureHelper.GetCurrentCulture() == "ar") ? "NameArabic" : "Name", Request.QueryString["LetterStatus"]);
        return View();
    }

and in the view

  @Html.DropDownList("LetterStatus")

the constructor I used is

new SelectList(
    list myListFromDatabase,
    string PropertyNameOfValueInHtml,
    string PropertyNameOfDesplayInHtml,
    string SelectedItemValue 
);

this line Request.QueryString["LetterStatus"] because I send the Selected Items within QuerySrting

and based on CurrentCulture I chose what column to display

and the result are

but I think the best way to do this,,,, is to get or create the Items then Iterate throw them to generate the select tag manually. I described this approach well in this answer

hope this helps you