populating dropdown list

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i am populating DropDown from database but now i want pre selected value for specific user, e.g. DropDown shows names of Departments, and User 5 works in Operations departments so i enter as UserID 5 then it should show preselected Department in DropDown

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var ShiftNames = (from n in DataContext.AtdShifts select new { n.ShiftId, n.ShiftName }).Distinct();
                ViewData["ShiftId"] = new SelectList(ShiftNames, "ShiftId", "ShiftName");

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<label id="lblShift" class="editEmp_label">Shift</label>
  @Html.DropDownList("ShiftId", "Select Shift")

I am suing Linq to sql, MVC 3 C#

Posted 25-Feb-14 20:45pm

Hunain Hafeez

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JoCodes 26-Feb-14 3:06am

Why cant you pass the UserId as parameter to the Linq Query and use it in the Where condition?

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter 26-Feb-14 3:11am

Why in the first place you show a combo for a user? Can he change his department? It seems like an administrator privilege...You may think about different design for simple user and admin user...

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Member 10637986 · Answer 1 · 2014-03-02T19:12:00

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Pass the DepartmentId in which user works as a parameter will automatically select

DepartmentId= Department Id of user 5 for this scenario (Id of Operation Department)
ViewData["ShiftId"] = new SelectList(ShiftNames, "ShiftId", "ShiftName",DepartmentId);

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Posted 2-Mar-14 19:12pm

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