c# - Returning int value from @html.DropDownList -

actually have problem happened because of lack of knowledge in asp.net - mvc 4. trying getting selected value drop down , return controller (as integer). makes me more confuse other dropdownlist returning string value working fine.

my model :

public partial class product {     public int id { get; set; }     public string product_name { get; set; }     public int category_id { get; set; }     public string language { get; set; } }  public partial class product_category {     public int id { get; set; }     public string category_name { get; set; }     public string language { get; set; } } 

my controller : //populating viewbag

listproductcategory = new list<product_category>(); listproductcategory = db.product_category.tolist();  ilist<product_category> prodcategories = db.product_category.tolist(); ienumerable<selectlistitem> selectlistcategory =      c in prodcategories      select new selectlistitem      {       text = c.category_name,        value = c.id.tostring()      };  viewbag.productcategorydata = selectlistcategory; 

//create action

[httppost] public actionresult create(product product) {     if (modelstate.isvalid)     {         db.products.add(product);         db.savechanges();         return redirecttoaction("index");     }      return view(product); } 

my view :

<div class="editor-label">         @html.labelfor(model => model.category_id)  </div>   <div class="editor-field">                @html.dropdownlist("productcategories", new  selectlist(viewbag.productcategorydata, "value", "text"))              @html.validationmessagefor(model => model.category_id)  </div> 

the dropdown lsit populated value of productcategories not being returnd, returning 0 instead of value.

please ..

what other dropdownlists returning strings? bet string returning part of model. model doesn't have productcategories property. try changing:

@html.dropdownlist("productcategories", new  selectlist(viewbag.productcategorydata, "value", "text"))           

to:

@html.dropdownlist("category_id", new  selectlist(viewbag.productcategorydata, "value", "text"))