I have a ui template for the property ShopID in my Order class.
Instead of displaying the ShopID as an integer in my dropdown I want to be able to display the ShopName from my Shop class but when I post back to the controller method I still want the Order class to have the selected ShopID.
How would I do this?
To get a dropdown to display text items but return a numeric ID, you have to pass it a SelectList via your model.
public SelectList Shops
{
get
{
var list =
from shop in myDataContext.Shops
Select shop;
return new SelectList(list, "ShopID", "ShopDescription");
}
}
Then, in your view:
<%= Html.DropDownList("ShopID", Model.Shops) %>
