How to display data from DB in dropdownlist

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How to display data from DB in dropdownlist without using html helper class ( @Html.DropDownList) using in MVC 4

Manish Kumar Choudhary · Answer

Hi Meghraj Mitkari , If your ViewData["Brand"] contains an object IEnumerable , I guess you have already used its constructor or more likely Object Initializer, e.g.: List brand = new List () { new { Value = 1 , Text = "something 1" }, new { Value = 2 , Text = "something 2" }, new { Value = 3 , Text = "something 3" }, }; ViewData["Brand"] = brand; In your View, you use the list as a second parameter for DropDownList helper. You also need to provide what its Value and Text. The last parameter indicates which value is to be selected by default: @Html.DopDownList("Brand", (List )ViewData["Brand"], "value", "text", 2) You could also try SelectList container to "fill" the DropDownList helper. Simply send your list of Objects to view in ViewData etc., and use it as a second parameter. Then provide Value and Text as the third and the fourth parameters, respectively. The last parameter corresponds to the value of your selected item in the list. @Html.DropDownList("Brand", new SelectList( Model.ListOfYourObjects, " " >>)); e.g. public class City { public int ID { get; set; } public string Name { get; set; } } Then ViewData["Cities"] = dbContext.Cities.ToList(); //or ViewData["Cities"] = new List (); // fill this list In a view: @model List // ... @Html.DropDownList( "Brand", new SelectList( Model, "ID", "Name", >> ) ); ID and Name are property names in the class City which is important here in order for SelectList to work. I couldn't try this code but this should give you something to work with. Hope it can help.

Meghraj Mitkari · Answer

please tell me without using @Html.DropDownlist....? USing HTML Tag --eg