Binding Data with Razor Dropdown Control in MVC3-EntityFramework

In this demo we are binding a Country Name Column with Razor Dropdown.
1- first Create a Country TAble named Country.

Create Table Country

(

 CountryID int not null,

 CountryName varchar(50) not null

)

insert into Country Values(1,'India')

insert into Country Values(2,'USA')

2- Create a New MVC Project named BindDropDownMVC3 with Razor ViewEngion. in Models Folder add a EDMX file and add Country TAble in EDMX.

3- Add a Model Class named CountryModel.cs. below are the Code specified....

public class CountryModel

    {

        public string Country { get; set; }

        public List<SelectListItem> Countrylist { get; set; }

        public void SetCountryList(List<Country> countries)

        {

            List<SelectListItem> items = new List<SelectListItem>();

            countries.ToList().ForEach(s =>

            {

                items.Add(new SelectListItem()

                {

                    Text = s.CountryName.ToString(),

                    Value = s.CountryID.ToString()

                });

            });

            this.Countrylist = items;

        }

    }

4- in DefaultController.cs add the Following Code 

using BindDropDownMVC3.Models;

public class DefaultController : Controller

    {

        EmployeeDataEntities ed= new EmployeeDataEntities ();

        //

        // GET: /Default/

        public ActionResult Index()

        {

            CountryModel cm = new CountryModel();

            cm.SetCountryList(GetCountries());

            return View(cm);

        }

        public List<Country> GetCountries()

        {

           return (from c in ed.Countries.OrderBy(x=> x.CountryID) select c).ToList();

        }

    }

5- Now in Index.cshtml add the Following Code

@model BindDropDownMVC3.Models.CountryModel

@{

    ViewBag.Title = "Index";

}

<h2>Index</h2>

 @Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.Country, Model.Countrylist, new { @id = "countryid", style = "font-family:Calibri;width: 213px; border: 1px solid #828282;"})

@Html.DropDownList("dd1",Model.Countrylist)

6- Now Run your Application.