Populating dropdowlist dynamically in mvc

VIEW:

Pass viewdata attribute in dropdownlist html designing code

Html.DropDownList("CarsList", new SelectList((IEnumerable)ViewData["CarsList"], "ID", "Name"))




CONTROLLER:

first get required data from database and then pass the resultant data to view from controller using viewdata attribute


public ActionResult GetData()
{
var CarNames = from c in obj.Cars
select c;

ViewData["Carsist"] = CarNames;

return View();
}