how to bind values in dropdownlist from sql table in MVC4?

Question

I am currently working on matrimonial site registration page... I want to know how to take the values from sql database and bind it to dropdownlist on the registration page? How to bind values to dropdownlist from sql table in c# MVC4?

Answer 1

Q: "how to take the values from sql database"

A: You may use some ORM layer(EntityFramework, Linq2SQL, ...) or native SQL queries executed via SqlDataAdapter .

Q: " how to bind values in dropdownlist from sql table in c# MVC4?"

A: Here is one possibile solution