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Asked: 2026-06-03T02:34:25+00:00

I’m trying to move over to MVC from webforms, and to be honest, it’s

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I’m trying to move over to MVC from webforms, and to be honest, it’s not going very well.

I need a DropDownList populated with values from my database, and I’m having a hard time understanding how to do this.
I’m thinking, that I need to create a model,using entity framework, and refer my DropDownList to that? But how do I point it to that model?
Also, if I make a model, from a database table, how do I adjust the select command, so I only get certain values, and not the entire table?

I know this is kind of a broad question, and I have no examples listed, but I’ve had a really hard time, finding information I could understand, with regards to my issue.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I would start from this this should get you the project created if you have not done so so you can have the model ready

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/gg685489

    in order to create a dropdownlist here is an example 

    ViewBag.dropdownlist = new SelectList(db.tablename, "Valuefiled", "NameGField");

    where Valuefiled=name of a column in your database that you want to use for values

    “NameGField”=name of a column in your database that you want to use for names

    getting drop down list to view 

    @Html.DropDownList("dropdownlist")
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