The type or namespace name 'SelectListItem' could not be found, MVC3

Question

I am trying to fill the dropdownlist from the database,

I am following this link

I have written the following code in the model

public class FillDeptName
{
    public IList<SelectListItem> Drp_Name { get; set; }
}

I am getting the following error message:

The type or namespace name 'SelectListItem' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

Answer 1

You are missing on top of your code:

using System.Web.Mvc;

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.mvc.selectlistitem(v=vs.118).aspx

Answer 2

Import this namespace

using System.Web.Mvc;

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