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    copied!<p><strong>Every time I add a new App It creates a new AppCategory</strong>. I am seriously screwing this up somehow </p> <p>code first entity framework objects</p> <pre><code>public class AppCategory { public int ID { get; set; } public string Name { get; set; } public ICollection&lt;App&gt; apps { get; set; } } public class App { public int ID { get; set; } public string Name { get; set; } public AppCategory Category { get; set; } } </code></pre> <p>Editor Template (I would love to just make just one Foreign Key EditorTemplate)</p> <pre><code>@inherits System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage @Html.DropDownList("Category", LIG2010RedesignMVC3.Models.Repo.GetAppCategoriesSelect()) </code></pre> <p>and of course the repository</p> <pre><code> public static IEnumerable&lt;SelectListItem&gt; GetAppCategoriesSelect() { return (from p in GetAppCategories() select new SelectListItem { Text = p.Name, Value = p.ID.ToString(), }); } public static ICollection&lt;AppCategory&gt; GetAppCategories() { var context = new LIGDataContext(); return context.AppCategories.ToList(); } </code></pre> <p>Every time I add a new App It creates a new AppCategory I am seriously screwing this up somehow</p> <p><hr> <strong>Adding more debug info</strong></p> <pre><code> @inherits System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage @Html.DropDownList("", LIG2010RedesignMVC3.Models.Repo.GetAppCategoriesSelect()) </code></pre> <p>gives me a validation message on the post</p> <pre><code> Parameters application/x-www-form-urlencoded Category 1 Name 8 </code></pre> <p>Validation error <strong>The value '1' is invalid.</strong><br> This makes sense because Category should be an object not an integer.</p> <hr> <p><strong>Controller Code as asked for</strong> pretty sure this isnt the problem as it came from MVCScaffold</p> <pre><code> [HttpPost] public ActionResult Create(App d) { if (ModelState.IsValid) { context.Apps.Add(d); context.SaveChanges(); return RedirectToAction("Index"); } return View(); } </code></pre>
 

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