MVC Drop Down list with entity framework

Question

I\'ve created an MVC project using entity framework code first. My model is simply a form that gathers information.

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Answer 1

I assume there is a States model that has a Id and a StateName property.

Change to the list to ViewData["State"] to ensure easy binding on POST.

Id is the value that will be sent in the POST data ie.. State = Id. The StateName is what will be displayed in the Select list. So for your model this is not correct as State is a string. So needs to be

this.ViewData["State"] = new SelectList(db.States.ToList(), "StateName", "StateName");

Then in your view

@Html.DropDownList("State")