Populating ASP.NET MVC DropDownList

Question

OK, I\'ve been Googling for hours and trying everything and can\'t get anything to work. I am learning MVC using Sharp Architecture and have generated some basic forms for c

Answer 1

Worked perfectly for me thanx! I used it to set a parent relation on a subcategory:

<%= Html.DropDownListFor(
 model => model.Category.ParentId,
 new SelectList(Model.Categories,
 "CategoryId",
 "Name",
  Model.Categories.Where(x => x.CategoryId == Model.Category.ParentId).Single()))%>

Jeroen