Adding a default SelectListItem

Question

 public IEnumerable GetList(int? ID)
 {
      return from s in db.List
             orderby s.Descript
             select new SelectListItem
          


        

Answer 1

Here is what I did, I read my values from an XML file into an IList. I then inserted a new record into the IList at position 0. Then make a select list from the IList.

IList< MY_DATA > mydata = (from tmp in myXML.Descendants("R").ToList()

                      select new MY_DATA
                      {
                         NR = tmp.Attribute("NR").Value,
                         NA = tmp.Attribute("NA").Value 
                      }).ToList();

mydata.Insert(0, new My_DATA() { NR = "", NA = "--Click to Select--" });

SelectList mylist = new SelectList(mydata, "NR", "NA");