Question

NET MVC 1.0.

I use

ViewData['DeptID'] = new SelectList(DeptID, 'ID', 'Name', course.DeptID); 

where I am passing the selected value DeptID as forth parameter, but it doesn’t work. When I debug, then the above selection list is correct with the selected value.

I use

<%= Html.DropDownList('DeptID', (SelectList)ViewData['DeptID']) %> 

in the view.

Answer 1

Try just using:

<%= Html.DropDownList('DeptID') %> 

Here is an article about it.