public static IEnumerable <SelectListItem> GetAdmin() { DB34Entities db2 = new DB34Entities(); var look = db2.Lookups.Where(l => l.Category == "ADMIN"); IList <SelectListItem> status = new List <SelectListItem> { }; foreach (Lookup item in look) { SelectListItem m = new SelectListItem(); m.Text = item.Values; m.Value = item.Id.ToString(); status.Add(m); } return(status); }