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