Mvc-3 Dropdownlist Or Dropdownlistfor - Can't Save Values In Controller Post

I searches for hours (or days) and didn't find a solution yet. I want to edit a customer with a DropdownListFor for the salutation with the right preselected value. I've got 3 enti

Solution 1:

You need to have Selected property in your list.

I can show you my working example:

publicstatic IEnumerable<SelectListItem> GetCountries(short? selectedValue)
    {
        List<SelectListItem> _countries = new List<SelectListItem>();
        _countries.Add(new SelectListItem() { Text = "Select country...", Value = "0", Selected = selectedValue == 0 });
        foreach (var country in ObjectFactory.GetInstance<DataRepository>().GetCountries())
        {
            _countries.Add(new SelectListItem()
            {
                Text = country.Name,
                Value = country.ID.ToString(),
                Selected = selectedValue > 0 && selectedValue.Equals(country.ID)
            });
        }
        return _countries;
    }  

In controller i store this into viewbag:

ViewBag.Countries = CompanyModel.GetCountries(0);

In view:

@Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.CompanyModel.CountryId, (IEnumerable<SelectListItem>)ViewBag.Countries)