Populating a combobox from a table in Webmatrix using CHTML - html

Question

I'm a newby and am using Webmatrix (CHTML) to try and set up a form that allows the user to select an employee using a dropdownbox.
I think I understand how to make a list:
#{
var db = Database.Open("DatabaseName") ;
var selectCommand="SELECT ID,Employee FROM Employees";
var selectedData = db.Query(selectCommand);
var columns = new[]{"ID", "Employee"};
var grid = new WebGrid(source: selectedData, defaultSort: "Employee" , rowsPerPage:10,columnNames: columns);
}
#grid.GetHtml( )
and I think I know how to get a combobox:
<FORM NAME="myform">
<SELECT NAME="mylist">
<OPTION VALUE="01">Employee01
<OPTION VALUE="02">Employee02
<OPTION VALUE="03">Employee03
<OPTION VALUE="04">Employee04
<OPTION VALUE="05">Employee05 - and so on
</SELECT>
</FORM>
I just want to know how to get the table into the combobox. Would be very happy if someone could show how to do this.

Answer 1

This code creates a dropdown list from the content of your table:
#{
var db = Database.Open("DatabaseName");
var selectCommand = "SELECT ID, Employee FROM Employees";
var selectedData = db.Query(selectCommand);
}
<form name="myform" method="post">
<select name="mylist">
#foreach(var row in selectedData)
{
<option value="#row.ID">#row.Employee</option>
}
</select>
</form>