How can I show a registration form that also display a list of cities and gender a user can choose?

This is my current model. The class is named exactly as my database table and I intend to use Entity Framework to get the information.

public class User
{
    public int UserId { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public string LastNameFather { get; set; }
    public string LastNameMother { get; set; }
    public string Address { get; set; }
    public string Email { get; set; }
    public int Telephone { get; set; }
    public int MobilePhone { get; set; }
    public DateTime DateOfBirth { get; set; }
    public DateTime DateOfRegistry { get; set; }
    public DateTime LastDateLogin { get; set; }
    public bool IsActive { get; set; }
    public int LanceCreditBalance { get; set; }
    public in开发者_如何学编程t LancesSpent { get; set; }
    public string Login { get; set; }
    public string Password { get; set; }
    public string Nickname { get; set; }
    public string EmailVerificationCode { get; set; }

    public int GenderId { get; set; }
    public virtual Gender Gender { get; set; }

    public int CityId { get; set; }
    public virtual City City { get; set; }
}

How would my controllers look like?

[HttpGet]
public ActionResult Register()
{
    //How do I load the Cities and Genders here as dropdownlists? Remember
    //they are foreign key values.    

    return View();
}

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Register()
{
    if (ModelState.IsValid)
    {
        //Actually save the user here.
        RedirectToAction("Index", "Home");
    }            

    //Something went wrong, redisplay the form for correction.
    return View(model);
}

It's not really a wise choice to use the Database model in the View. You should use a ViewModel. In the ViewModel you should have the properties you need to fill in the view.

So in your case you would probably need all the properties from the User Model and 2 SelectLists for your Cities and Genders.

So you should have this:

View Model

    public class InsertUserViewModel
    {

        ///All the properties for your User
        ///The 2 SelectLists
        ///2 properties for the selectedValues from thoses list.

        public List<SelectListItem> Cities{ get; set; }
        public int/string or whatever SelectedCity { get; set; } 


    }

Get

    [HttpGet]
    public ActionResult Register()
    {
         InsertUserViewModel oNewUserViewModel = new InsertUserViewModel();
        //Fill in the SelectLists values with the values from your database
         List<SelectListItem> Cities= new List<SelectListItem>();
         Cities.Add(new SelectListItem() { Text = "New York", Value = "0", Selected = true});      
         Cities.Add(new SelectListItem() { Text = "Paris", Value = "1", Selected = false});

        return View();
    }

Post

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Register(InsertUserViewModel oPostedUserViewModel)
{
    if (ModelState.IsValid)
    {
        //Make a new User object with the properties from the ViewModel ant save it.


        RedirectToAction("Index", "Home");
    }            

    //Something went wrong, redisplay the form for correction.
    return View(model);
}

Your View

    @Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.SelectedCity , Model.Cities)