asp.net mvc 3 pre-select Html.DropDownListFor not working in nerd dinner

Question

Learning about dropdown lists, Im trying to add a RSVP create page for nerddinner as in Scott Gu\'s blog with a Html.DropDownListFor listing available dinners.

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Answer 1

After reading here and here, I finally understand how HtmlDropDownlistFor automatically selects the correct item in the dropdown based on your model - selecting a dinnerID in RSVP (foreign key to dinner.dinnerID) will cause the dropdown containing list of Dinner.DinnerIDs to pre select that value. No need yet I think for selectedValue in the SelectList or ViewModel.

Solution:

    //
    //GET: /RSVP/Create

    public ActionResult Create()
    {
        //automatically preselects matching DinnerID in the Dinner dropdownlist            
        var rsvp = new RSVP {DinnerID = 2 };

        var typeList = new SelectList(dbc.Dinners.ToList(), "DinnerID", "Title");
        var viewModel = new RSVPViewModel { DinnersList = typeList, Rsvp = rsvp};

        return View("Create", viewModel);
    }