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dropdownlistfor not selecting value

I have a dropdown list in an MVC 5 razor view. My model is passing through the correct value but the value is never selected in the list. I am not sure what else I can do?

Model

            [DisplayName("State/Province")]
            public Nullable<int> state_province_id { get; set; }

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View

                        <div class="form-group">
                            @Html.LabelFor(m => addy.state_province_id, new { @class = "control-label col-md-3" })
                            @Html.DropDownListFor(m => addy.state_province_id, item.state_province_dropdown, "-- Select --", new { @class = "form-control" })
                        </div>

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Lokesh B R

Hi,

try this

 @Html.DropDownListFor(m => addy.state_province_id, item.state_province_dropdown.Value, "-- Select --", new { @class = "form-control" })

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monica73174

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Thanks for the suggestion but that just throws an error in Visual Studio.

Lokesh B R

Check whether it has value or not.

 @Html.DropDownListFor(m => addy.state_province_id, item.state_province_dropdown.HasValue ? item.state_province_dropdown.Value : null, "-- Select --", new { @class = "form-control" })

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