public SelectList getTransactionRules() { List <TransactionRuleDTO> lstTrRule = _ddlRepo.GetActiveTrRules(); TransactionRuleDTO trRule = new TransactionRuleDTO(); trRule.TranRuleId = -1; trRule.RuleName = string.Empty; lstTrRule.Insert(0, trRule); return(new SelectList(lstTrRule, "TranRuleId", "RuleName")); }