Step1
We need to put this code in the controller i.e
IndexController
ViewBag.Categories = db.Categories.ToList();
Where db is a object of a database connection and categories is the name of the
table
Step2
We also need to put the code in the cshtml
page i.e IndexCshtml.
@Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.CategoryId, new
SelectList(ViewBag.Categories, "CategoryId", "CategoryName"), "Select a
Category")