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## razor ##
@Html.DropDownList("Country", new SelectList(Model.CountryList, "Value", "Text", Model.CountryList.SelectedValue), new { @id = "ddlist", @data_role = "none", style = "color: #fff; background-color: #fff; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: #333333; margin-left:3px; width:100%; height:20px;" })
## model ##
public class somename
{
public SelectList CountryList { get; set; }
}
public class Country
{
public string ID { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
}
## Controller ##
public ActionResult index()
{
List<Country> objcountry = new List<Country>();
objcountry = GetCountryList();
SelectList objlistofcountrytobind = new SelectList(objcountry, "ID", "Name", 0);
model.CountryList = objlistofcountrytobind;
return View(model);
}
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Analyze(AnalyzeModels model)
{
List<Country> objcountry = new List<Country>();
objcountry = GetCountryList();
SelectList objlistofcountrytobind = new SelectList(objcountry, "ID", "Name", 0);
model.CountryList = objlistofcountrytobind;
return View(model);
}
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## function for GetCountryList##
public List<Country> GetCountryList()
{
DataTable reportDetailsTable = objCommon.GetDetails("tablename");
List<Country> objcountrty = new List<Country>();
int s = reportDetailsTable.Rows.Count;
for (int i = 0; i < s; i++)
{
string d1 = reportDetailsTable.Rows[i][1].ToString();
string d2 = reportDetailsTable.Rows[i][10].ToString();
objcountrty.Add(new Country { ID = d1, LName = d2 });
}
return objcountrty;
}