mvc dynamic dropdownlist to bind data

bind dropdownlist from database in mvc4

Step 1:

First you select dropdownllist data from database using following controller code. here HomeModel is model class . we can add data in list and then pass though viewbag from controller to view

List<HomeModel> lst1 = new List<HomeModel>();

HomeModel hm=new HomeModel();

foreach ( System.Data.DataRow dr1 in dt1.Tables[0].Rows )

{

lst1.Add( new HomeModel { HobbyName = @dr1["HobbyName"].ToString(), HobbyId =int.Parse( @dr1["HobbyId"].ToString()) } );

}

ViewBag.Hobby = lst1;

Step2:

Now you can display viewbag data in in Dropdown using following source code

@Html.DropDownList( "Designation", ViewBag.Designation as SelectList, "-Select -", new { style = "width:70px;height:25px", @id = "Designation" } )

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Step 3: when your application run page can look like as below

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mvc dynamic dropdownlist to bind data