public static SelectList GetHowActives(long?HowActiveID) { List <SelectListItem> _ListOfObjects = new List <SelectListItem>(); PlayersRepository modelRepo = new PlayersRepository(); var _HowActive = modelRepo.ReadAll_HowActive().OrderBy(o => o.HowActiveID); foreach (var item in _HowActive) { SelectListItem itr = new SelectListItem(); itr.Text = item.HowActive; itr.Value = item.HowActiveID.ToString(); itr.Selected = false; _ListOfObjects.Add(itr); } return(new SelectList(_ListOfObjects, "Value", "Text", HowActiveID)); }