Adding a default SelectListItem

Question

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


        

Answer 1

After I reviewed many questions, and I don't find what i'm looking for.I don't need many lines of code to just have a simple drowpdown. so I want to share with you what I use and it easy and simple.. ( specially if you don't want to use and Entity Framework..

using System.Web.Mvc;

SelectList(IEnumerable items, string dataValueField, string dataTextField);

For Example:

in Controller add :

SelectList slTitle = new SelectList(Query.SelectAllTitle(), "TitleID", "TitleName");
ViewBag.TitleSelectList = slTitle; 

in View add :

@Html.DropDownList("TitleSelectList", "--please select--")