Populating ASP.NET MVC DropDownList

Question

OK, I\'ve been Googling for hours and trying everything and can\'t get anything to work. I am learning MVC using Sharp Architecture and have generated some basic forms for c

Answer 1

I did it this way. Works well.

Controller

IFarmModelInterface service2 = new FarmModelRepository();
ViewData["Farms"] = new SelectList(service2.GetFarmNames(), "id", "FarmName", "XenApp");

View

<%: Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.Farm, (ViewData["Farms"] as SelectList)) %>