dropdwonlist not showing selected value

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Hi,

i have a html table having a column. i added dropdownlistfor in this column like below

@Html.DropDownListFor(model => item.CategoryID, (IEnumerable<SelectListItem>)ViewData["categories"], new { @id = "category", DataValueField = item.CategoryID, DataTextField = item.CategoryName, SelectedValue = item.CategoryName })

but when retrieving data from the table and bind to this table, this dropdown list not showing the correct value

can anybody help me..

thanks
Kunjammu

Posted 10-Apr-14 19:55pm

Kunjammu

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Snesh Prajapati 11-Apr-14 7:02am

"dropdown list not showing the correct value" I am not getting. are you getting the values or not.

Kunjammu 11-Apr-14 7:14am

no..

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Snesh Prajapati · Answer 1 · 2014-04-11T01:16:00

Solution 1

Try this. In my case it is working fine.

@Html.DropDownList("SelectedEmployee",   new SelectList((System.Collections.IEnumerable)ViewData["categories"], "CategoryId", "CategoryName"))

Here CategoryId and CategoryName is the property of your Category model.

Posted 11-Apr-14 1:16am

Snesh Prajapati

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Kunjammu 11-Apr-14 7:21am

DataBinding: 'System.Web.Mvc.SelectListItem' does not contain a property with the name 'CategoryID'.

this error showing

Snesh Prajapati 11-Apr-14 7:25am

did you created model?

Snesh Prajapati 11-Apr-14 7:26am

write your controller action code that can help me to find out the problem.

Kunjammu 11-Apr-14 7:33am

public ActionResult ViewWorkStatus()
{
WorkStatusController work = new WorkStatusController();
DataTable dt = work.GetWorkStatus();
CategoryBLL bllObj = new CategoryBLL();
DataTable dt1 = bllObj.GetCategory();
SelectList selectList = new SelectList((IEnumerable<category>)ConvertCategoryToList(dt1), "CategoryID", "CategoryName");
ViewData["categories"] = selectList;

return View(ConvertToList(dt));
}