Dropdownlist using viewbag data in mvc4 using c#

Question

Hi i want to fill a dropdown list in my view page my code is ``` public class MemberBasicData { public int Id { get; set; } public string Mem_NA { get; set; } public string Mem_Occ { get; set; } } ``` //controller ``` public ActionResult Register() { var users = new Member().GetAllMembers(); ViewBag.Users = users; return View(); } ``` //View ``` @model IEnumerable<....Members.Models.MemberBasicData> @Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.Mem_Na, (SelectList)ViewBag.Users, "--Select Users--") ``` i want to add Mem_NA to dropdownlist, Viewbag contains all the user details. Problem is in View page. An error shows in model.Mem_Na. Please help me to solve this.

Accepted Answer

Please, change your code

from

```
@model IEnumerable<....Members.Models.MemberBasicData>
@Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.Mem_Na, (SelectList)ViewBag.Users, "--Select Users--")
```

to

```
@model ....Members.Models.MemberBasicData
@Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.Id,new SelectList(ViewBag.Users,"Id","Mem_NA"), "--Select Users--")
```

It works for me everytime

Dropdownlist using viewbag data in mvc4 using c#

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