System.Web.Mvc vs. System.Web.WebPages.Html for SelectList

Question

I noticed today that both namespaces System.Web.Mvc and System.Web.WebPages.Html have a SelectListItem. What is the difference between the too and is there times you should use one over the other?

Answer 1

System.Web.Mvc is specific to the MVC framework.

System.Web.WebPages.Html is for use with Web Pages that use Razor.

To be honest I've never used them in Web Pages but the examples I have seen they look identical, I just remember to never select the WebPages namespace.

There is an example available here:

http://www.mikesdotnetting.com/Article/184/HTML-Helpers-For-Forms-In-Razor-Web-Pages