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POMVC3 dropdown list that displays mutliple properties per item
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    copied!<p>I want to have a dropdownlist in my view that displays a patient's ID, First Name, and Last Name. With the code below, it displays each patient's First Name. How can I pass all three properties into the viewbag and have them display in the dropdownlist?</p> <p>Controller</p> <pre><code>public ActionResult Create() {ViewBag.Patient_ID = new SelectList(db.Patients, "Patient_ID", "First_Name"); return View(); } </code></pre> <p>View</p> <pre><code> &lt;div class="editor-field"&gt; @Html.DropDownList("Patient_ID", String.Empty) @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model =&gt; model.Patient_ID) &lt;/div&gt; </code></pre> <p>Thanks.</p> <p>Ok, I have edited my code as follows, and I receive the error "There is no ViewData item of type 'IEnumerable' that has the key 'SelectedPatientId'."</p> <pre><code>Controller public ActionResult Create() { var model = new MyViewModel(); { var Patients = db.Patients.ToList().Select(p =&gt; new SelectListItem { Value = p.Patient_ID.ToString(), Text = string.Format("{0}-{1}-{2}", p.Patient_ID, p.First_Name, p.Last_Name) }); var Prescribers = db.Prescribers.ToList().Select(p =&gt; new SelectListItem { Value = p.DEA_Number.ToString(), Text = string.Format("{0}-{1}-{2}", p.DEA_Number, p.First_Name, p.Last_Name) }); var Drugs = db.Drugs.ToList().Select(p =&gt; new SelectListItem { Value = p.NDC.ToString(), Text = string.Format("{0}-{1}-{2}", p.NDC, p.Name, p.Price) }); }; return View(model); } </code></pre> <blockquote> <p>View Model</p> </blockquote> <pre><code> public class MyViewModel { [Required] public int? SelectedPatientId { get; set; } public IEnumerable&lt;SelectListItem&gt; Patients { get; set; } [Required] public int? SelectedPrescriber { get; set; } public IEnumerable&lt;SelectListItem&gt; Prescribers { get; set; } [Required] public int? SelectedDrug { get; set; } public IEnumerable&lt;SelectListItem&gt; Drugs { get; set; } } </code></pre> <p>View</p> <pre><code>@using (Html.BeginForm()) { @Html.ValidationSummary(true) @Html.DropDownListFor( x =&gt; x.SelectedPatientId, Model.Patients, "-- Select patient ---" ) @Html.ValidationMessageFor(x =&gt; x.SelectedPatientId) &lt;button type="submit"&gt;OK&lt;/button&gt; @Html.DropDownListFor( x =&gt; x.SelectedPrescriber, Model.Patients, "-- Select prescriber ---" ) @Html.ValidationMessageFor(x =&gt; x.SelectedPrescriber) &lt;button type="submit"&gt;OK&lt;/button&gt; } </code></pre>
 

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