MVC 5 populate dropdown list from another table and save value NOT KEY

Question

The problem is very simple. I would like to populate DropDownList with values from another table. But I don't want to link them with foreigin key.

My model

 public class Application1
 {
    public int Application1Id { get; set; }

    public string ApplicationType { get; set; }
 }

field ApplicationType is the one that should keep the name of ApplicationType (from other table)

My Controller :

// GET: Application1/Create

public ActionResult Create()
{
    ViewBag.AppDataApplicationType = new SelectList(db.AppDataApplicationTypes, "AppDataApplicationTypeId", "Name");
    return View();
}

// POST: Application1/Create
[HttpPost]
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public ActionResult Create(Application1 application1)
{
    if (ModelState.IsValid)
    {
        db.Application1.Add(application1); 
        db.SaveChanges();
        return RedirectToAction("Index");
    }

    ViewBag.AppDataApplicationTypeId = new SelectList(db.AppDataApplicationTypes, "AppDataApplicationTypeId", "Name");     
    return View();
}

And my view :

<div class="form-group">
    <div class="col-md-5">
        <span class="glyphicon-asterisk" style="color:red;"></span>
        @Html.LabelFor(model => model.ApplicationType , htmlAttributes: new { @class = "control-label", style="margin-bottom:10px;" })
        @Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.ApplicationType, (SelectList) ViewBag.AppDataApplicationType, htmlAttributes: new { @class = "form-control" })
        @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.ApplicationType, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })
    </div>
</div>

The problem is that when I'm trying to save this everything is ok but it's saving id instead of value.

I'll be very appreciate for any help, spend hours for trying solve it ...

Answer 1

Try changing

ViewBag.AppDataApplicationType = new SelectList(db.AppDataApplicationTypes, "AppDataApplicationTypeId", "Name");

to

ViewBag.AppDataApplicationType = new SelectList(db.AppDataApplicationTypes, "Name", "Name");