Question

I’m using ASP.NET MVC- I’ve got a DropDownList rendered in a user control (ascx page). Here’s the code from the ascx page:

    <%: Html.DropDownList("climed_pharm_fk", 
                           new SelectList(ViewData["Pharmacies"] as IEnumerable,
                           "pharm_pk", "pharm_name", Model.climed_pharm_fk))%>
    <%= Html.ActionLink("Add New", "Create", "PharmacyMaintenance", 
                        new { Area = "" }, 
                        new { target="_blank" })%>

Currently, “pharm_name” shows up in the drop down list. That’s great and all, but I am needing “pharm_name” as well as “pharm_phone”. I tried stuff like:

    <%: Html.DropDownList("climed_pharm_fk", 
                           new SelectList(ViewData["Pharmacies"] as IEnumerable,
                          "pharm_pk","pharm_name,pharm_phone",Model.climed_pharm_fk))%>      

    <%= Html.ActionLink("Add New", "Create", "PharmacyMaintenance", 
                        new { Area = "" }, 
                        new { target="_blank" })%>

But that didn’t work obviously. How does one go about doing this? Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Try this:

<%: Html.DropDownList(
    "climed_pharm_fk", 
    new SelectList
    (
     (ViewData["Pharmacies"] as IEnumerable)
      .Select
      (
       a=> new
       {
         a.pharm_pk,  
         pharm_name  = a.pharm_name + a.pharm_phone
       }
      ),
     "pharm_pk", 
    "pharm_name,pharm_phone", 
    Model.climed_pharm_fk)
)
%>