ASP.NET MVC Filtering results in a list/grid

Question

For some reason I\'m stuck on this. I need to filter results from a View based on a DropDownList in the same view. The basic idea is this: I have a list of providers that be

Answer 1

To add upon the earlier answers.

To create a drop down (in ASP .NET MVC 3) I did the following:

Add code to Index.cshtml

@using (Html.BeginForm())
{      
@Html.DropDownList("EmployeeId", (SelectList)ViewData["EmployeeId"])     
  
}

Add code to YourModelNameController.cs in the default ActionResult for Index()

public ActionResult Index()
{

    //create a selectlist
        var employeeList = from el in db.Employee select el;
        ViewData["EmployeeId"] = new SelectList(employeeList, "EmployeeId", "TmName");

        return View(modelName);
    }