Help with asp.net mvc select dropdown

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I have a marital status field in my users table that its just varchar yet I only want to give the users four options (married, single, widowed and divorced) and i want to have the correct one selected when Im editing the form.. is it possible? please help.

Of course it is possible. Can you show us what you have that is not working? — Nick Larsen
– Nick Larsen, Commented Feb 3, 2010 at 14:39

Serhat Ozgel · Accepted Answer · 2010-02-03 14:42:40Z

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This should point you in the right direction:

<%= Html.DropDownList("listName", new string[] { "Married", "Single", "Widowed", "Divorced" }
.Select(m => new SelectListItem(){
    Selected = model.MaritalStatus == m,
    Text = m,
    Value = m
})); %>

Assuming that your model has a 'MaritalStatus' field,

Selected = model.MaritalStatus == m

will select the status of your model by default.

answered Feb 3, 2010 at 14:42

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Patricia · Accepted Answer · 2010-02-03 14:39:39Z

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This blog post should lead you in the right direction:

http://weblogs.asp.net/ashicmahtab/archive/2009/03/27/asp-net-mvc-html-dropdownlist-and-selected-value.aspx

you'd have to give us a little more information and maybe a code sample of what you have so far to get a more specific answer.

answered Feb 3, 2010 at 14:39

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