asp.net mvc 2 - Basic HTML.DropDownListFor -

i have viewmodel defined as

public class linkvm {     public al.common.content.object.pageindex[] pages{ get; set; }     public string spageid { get; set; } } 

in strogly typed form using

<%html.dropdownlistfor(n => n.pages, new selectlist(model.pages, "pageid", "shortname", model.spageid ));%>

i compile error on selectlist(model.pages, portion says 'model' conflicts declaration 'system.web.mvc.viewpage.model'

there chunk of basic knowledge missing - can enlighten me please

thanks

it should be:

<%= html.dropdownlistfor(     n => n.spageid,      new selectlist(model.pages, "pageid", "shortname") ) %> 

also make sure view typed linkvm class (the @page directive @ top):

<%@ page      language="c#"      masterpagefile="~/views/shared/site.master"      inherits="system.web.mvc.viewpage<al.mgrsite.viewmodel.content.linkvm>" %> 

also controller action rendered view needs pass correct model:

public actionresult index() {     var model = new linkvm      {         // todo: fetch repository         pages = new[]         {             new pageindex { pageid = "1", shortname = "name 1" },             new pageindex { pageid = "2", shortname = "name 2" },             new pageindex { pageid = "3", shortname = "name 3" },         }     };     return view(model); } 

also convention in c# have class name , property names start capital letter.