Accessing values from Dropdownlist in ASP.Net MVC

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Hi Guys,
please help me how to access selected value from the dropdownlist and to insert value into database in Asp.net MVC

In controller:

C#

List<int> li = new List<int>();
            for (int i = 20; i < 50; i++)
            {
                li.Add(i);

            }
            ViewData["j"] = new SelectList(li);

In view

C#

<%=Html.LabelFor(Model=>Model.age) %>
                <%=Html.DropDownList("j")%>

In model

C#

public class details
{
[DisplayName("Age")]
        public int age { get; set; }

}

Posted 1-Jul-13 21:11pm

chetan.sn

Updated 1-Jul-13 23:15pm

vijay__p

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Amol_27101982, India · Answer 1 · 2013-07-01T23:45:00

Solution 1

You can always get the data from Request object at HttpPost
eg.

C#

var value1 = Request["SimpleProp1"];
var value2 = Request["SimpleProp2"];
var value3 = Request["ComplexProp1.SimpleProp1"];

Posted 1-Jul-13 23:45pm

Amol_27101982, India

Member 8488336 · Answer 2 · 2013-07-25T03:32:00

Solution 2

C#

<![CDATA[<%=Html.DropDownList(Model=>Model.age)%>]]>

C#

public Actionview PostAction(Model model)
{
    //selected combobox value
    int age = model.age;
}

Posted 25-Jul-13 3:32am

Member 8488336

RomilGandhi · Answer 3 · 2013-07-25T22:56:00

Solution 4

In View You have to do something like this

C#

@Html.DropdownListFor(Model=>Model.age,new SelectListItem{@ViewBag.j,DataFieldId,DataFieldValue},"Select Text");

i have shown you genral format,use like this. This will surely help you.

Posted 25-Jul-13 22:56pm

RomilGandhi