Best way of implementing DropDownList in ASP.NET MVC 2?

Question

I am trying to understand the best way of implementing a DropDownList in ASP.NET MVC 2 using the DropDownListFor helper. This is a multi-part ques

Answer 1

Your best bet is to create a SelectList in your Controller - use my extension method here: http://blog.wekeroad.com/2010/01/20/my-favorite-helpers-for-aspnet-mvc

Pop that into ViewData using the same key as your property name: ViewData["statusid"]=MySelectList

Then just use Html.DropDownFor(x=>x.StatusID) and you're all set.