how to get MVC Enum Dropdownlist value in C#

Question

I'm new to MVC. I have a dropdownlist that I created using enum values that works perfectly. However, I want to get the dropdownlist value(MINITRUCK,TRUCK,BIGTRUCK,VAN) , I am unable to get the value the user selects from the dropdownlist into the database table (SQLserver) and the database table column format for the selects is varchar(20) what's wrong in my code? how to get the dropdownlist select in control ? Here is the code....

MODEL\Enumlist.cs :

namespace InfoMIS.Models
public enum CarType 
{

    MINITRUCK,
    TRUCK,
    BIGTRUCK,
    VAN
}

MODEL\application.cs :

 [Display(Name = "Car Type")]
 [StringLength(10)]
 public string CModel { get; set; }

my view :

<div class="col-xl-4 col-md-6 col-12">
      <div class="row">
           <div class="col-xl-4 col-md-4 col-12 form-title">
                 @Html.LabelFor(model => model.CModel)
           </div>
           <div class="col-xl-8 col-12">
           @Html.DropDownList("CarType", new SelectList(Enum.GetValues(typeof(InfoMIS.Models.CarType))), "please choose one", new { @class = "rwd-select" })
          </div>
     </div>
 </div>

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 20 '22 at 14:43

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put this code in your view

@{
var carTypes = Enum.GetValues(typeof(CarType)).OfType<CarType>().Select(m => new SelectListItem { Text = m, Value = m }).ToList();
}
....
@Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.CModel, @carTypes, "Select type", new { @class = "form-control" })

answered Mar 20 '22 at 14:43

Serge

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how to get select value in control ? – georgetovrea Mar 20 '22 at 14:48
@You have to create a post action. Can you show your model pls? – Serge Mar 20 '22 at 14:56
I have try to add your code in my view,but now the page is cannot work – georgetovrea Mar 20 '22 at 15:04
@georgetovrea Before trying to write some code , you have to find and learn an MVC tutorial to understand how MVC is working. It is impossible to teach you in comments. – Serge Mar 20 '22 at 15:07
I have to show my mode,can you help me? – georgetovrea Mar 21 '22 at 01:29

how to get MVC Enum Dropdownlist value in C#

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