The ViewData item that has the key ‘Name’ is of type System

Question

I'm new to asp mvc and Developing a Web Application in which i have told to create Roles I am using Identity framework The Error Is Given Dont Know What to with That

The ViewData item that has the key 'Name' is of type 'System.String' but must be of type 'IEnumerable<SelectListItem>'.

this is the Code

Controller

[AllowAnonymous]
public ActionResult Register()
{
ViewBag.Name = new SelectList(_db.Roles.ToList(),"Name","Name");
return View();
}

View Code

<div class="form-group">
@Html.LabelFor(m => m.Name, new { @class = "col-md-2 control-label" })
<div class="col-md-10">
@Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.Name,ViewBag.Name as SelectList ,"--Select Role--",new { @class = "form-control" })
</div>
</div>

Gopaiah Nekarukanti · Answer

try below change in Register() ViewBag.Name = db.Roles.Select( b => new SelectListItem { Value = b.RoleId, Text = b.Name}); I am able to achive this using below snippets

Gopaiah Nekarukanti · Answer

If you didn't see the below links earlier, just check those may helpful to you. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3393521/the-viewdata-item-that-has-the-key-my-key-is-of-type-system-string-but-must https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39496673/the-viewdata-item-that-has-the-key-xxx-is-of-type-system-string-but-must-be

jamala g · Answer

Gopaiah Nekarukanti i have tried this But its Still Gives error will you please try to fix it in the Code I gave his link if it is not too much trouble for you

jamala g · Answer

The ViewData item that has the key 'Name' is of type 'System.String' but must be of type 'IEnumerable '. that the erorr when i made changes to Register()

jamala g · Answer

well thanks for the reply.I tried but still gives Error plz check the Project In Github It has the similar error link of the Project : https://github.com/vjaisknit/RoleBasedAuthentication