DropDownListFor in MVC 4 - asp.net-mvc

Question

I am having a hard time to show dropdownlist for in the view, the values will be populated from database. I am using MS SQL Server as the database.
I want to show a drop down list in ApplyingFor which will be populated from database.
Please help me out.
This is the Model
public class CandidateProfile
{
[Display(Name = "Candidate Name")]
[Required(ErrorMessage = "Provide a Name", AllowEmptyStrings=false)]
[DataType(DataType.Text)]
public string CandidateName { get; set; }
[Required(ErrorMessage = "Provide Your Address",AllowEmptyStrings = false)]
[Display(Name = "Address")]
[DataType(DataType.MultilineText)]
public string Address { get; set; }
[Display(Name = "Phone Number")]
[Required(ErrorMessage = "Provide a Phone Number")]
[RegularExpression("^([07][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9] | 8[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9] | 9[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9])$", ErrorMessage = "Enter Valid Mobile Number")]
public string PhoneNumber { get; set; }
[Display (Name = "Email-Id")]
[Required(ErrorMessage="Provide an email-id")]
[EmailValidator]
public string EmailId { get; set; }
[Display (Name = "Applying For")]
public string **ApplyingFor** { get; set; }
[Display (Name = "Experience")]
[Required(ErrorMessage = "")]
public int Experience { get; set; }
[Display (Name = "Present Location")]
[Required(ErrorMessage = "")]
public string PresentLocation { get; set; }
}
public class ApplyingPositions
{
public IEnumerable<ApplyingPositions> ApplyingPosition { get; set; }
}
public class ApplyingPosition
{
public int APId { get; set; }
public string Designation { get; set; }
}
This is the View:
#model Recruitment.Models.CandidateProfile
#{
ViewBag.Title = "Create";
}
<h2>Create</h2>
#using (Html.BeginForm()) {
#Html.AntiForgeryToken()
#Html.ValidationSummary(true)
<fieldset>
<legend>CandidateProfile</legend>
<div class="editor-label">
#Html.LabelFor(model => model.CandidateName)
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
#Html.EditorFor(model => model.CandidateName)
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.CandidateName)
</div>
<div class="editor-label">
#Html.LabelFor(model => model.Address)
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
#Html.EditorFor(model => model.Address)
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Address)
</div>
<div class="editor-label">
#Html.LabelFor(model => model.PhoneNumber)
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
#Html.EditorFor(model => model.PhoneNumber)
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.PhoneNumber)
</div>
<div class="editor-label">
#Html.LabelFor(model => model.EmailId)
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
#Html.EditorFor(model => model.EmailId)
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.EmailId)
</div>
<div class="editor-label">
#Html.LabelFor(model => model.ApplyingFor)
<div class="editor-field">
#Html.EditorFor(model => model.ApplyingFor)
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.ApplyingFor)
</div>
<div class="editor-label">
#Html.LabelFor(model => model.Experience)
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
#Html.EditorFor(model => model.Experience)
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Experience)
</div>
<div class="editor-label">
#Html.LabelFor(model => model.PresentLocation)
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
#Html.EditorFor(model => model.PresentLocation)
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.PresentLocation)
</div>
<p>
<input type="submit" value="Create" />
</p>
</fieldset>
}
<div>
#Html.ActionLink("Back to List", "Index")
</div>
#section Scripts {
#Scripts.Render("~/bundles/jqueryval")
}

Answer 1

You need to pass the List of Options from your controller to view. So, before returning View
var listOfPositions = new List<ApplyingPosition>();
listOfPositions = //Call the service to populate the listOfPositions from Database here
ViewBag.PositionsList = new SelectList(listOfPositions, "APId", "Designation");
In your view instead of #Html.EditorFor(model => model.ApplyingFor)
#Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.ApplyingFor, (SelectList)ViewBag.PositionsList, "Select")

Answer 2

populate lstApplyingFor (list) form your DB. and in your controller
ViewBag.ApplyingFor = new SelectList(lstApplyingFor, "Id", "Name");
and in view:-
#Html.DropDownList(m => m.ApplyingFor,"ApplyingFor", "--Select--")

Answer 3

First-
1) You need to create the source for dropdown as-
var listForApplyingFor= db.Table.Select(o=> new SelectListItem{
Value=o.ID,
Text= o.Text
}).ToList();
ViewBag.ItemsApplyingFor= listForApplyingFor
.Cshtml View-
#Html.DropdownListFor(m=>m.ApplyingFor, new SelectList(ViewBag.ItemsApplyingFor,"Value","Text"),"Select...", htmlAttributes:new{ })
Let me know if it helps.