mvc html.listbox,c# - ASP.NET MVC Problem with Html.ListBoxFor() - Stack Overflow

I'm having problems with the helper Html.ListBoxFor().

Here is my ViewModel:

public class NewReservation

{

public SelectList AvailableServiceDates { get; set; }

public DateTime SelectedServiceDate { get; set; }

}

Here is my action method:

public virtual ActionResult New()

{

NewReservation newReservation = new NewReservation();

newReservation.AvailableServiceDates = new SelectList(nhSession.Linq().Select(x => x.DateTime).Distinct());

return View(newReservation);

}

And in my view:

x.SelectedServiceDate, Model.AvailableServiceDates) %>

Here is the exception:

Value cannot be null. Parameter name:

source

Stack Trace:

[ArgumentNullException: Value cannot

be null. Parameter name: source]

System.Linq.Enumerable.Cast(IEnumerable

source) +4177011

System.Web.Mvc.Html.SelectExtensions.SelectInternal(HtmlHelper

htmlHelper, String optionLabel, String

name, IEnumerable1 selectList,

Boolean allowMultiple, IDictionary2

htmlAttributes) +723

System.Web.Mvc.Html.SelectExtensions.ListBoxHelper(HtmlHelper

htmlHelper, String name, IEnumerable1

selectList, IDictionary2

htmlAttributes) +47

System.Web.Mvc.Html.SelectExtensions.ListBoxFor(HtmlHelper1

htmlHelper, Expression1 expression,

IEnumerable1 selectList,

IDictionary2 htmlAttributes) +113

System.Web.Mvc.Html.SelectExtensions.ListBoxFor(HtmlHelper1

htmlHelper, Expression1 expression,

IEnumerable`1 selectList) +85

ASP.views_reservation_new_aspx.__RenderMainContent(HtmlTextWriter

__w, Control parameterContainer) in c:\code\GTCC Culinary

Reservation\src\CulinaryReservation.WebMVC\Views\Reservation\New.aspx:11

System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildrenInternal(HtmlTextWriter

writer, ICollection children) +109

System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildren(HtmlTextWriter

writer) +8

System.Web.UI.Control.Render(HtmlTextWriter

writer) +10

System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControlInternal(HtmlTextWriter

writer, ControlAdapter adapter) +27

System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter

writer, ControlAdapter adapter) +100

System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter

writer) +25

ASP.views_shared_site_master.__Render__control1(HtmlTextWriter

__w, Control parameterContainer) in c:\code\GTCC Culinary

Reservation\src\CulinaryReservation.WebMVC\Views\Shared\Site.Master:66

System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildrenInternal(HtmlTextWriter

writer, ICollection children) +109

System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildren(HtmlTextWriter

writer) +8

System.Web.UI.Control.Render(HtmlTextWriter

writer) +10

System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControlInternal(HtmlTextWriter

writer, ControlAdapter adapter) +27

System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter

writer, ControlAdapter adapter) +100

System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter

writer) +25

System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildrenInternal(HtmlTextWriter

writer, ICollection children) +208

System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildren(HtmlTextWriter

writer) +8

System.Web.UI.Page.Render(HtmlTextWriter

writer) +29

System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage.Render(HtmlTextWriter

writer) +56

System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControlInternal(HtmlTextWriter

writer, ControlAdapter adapter) +27

System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter

writer, ControlAdapter adapter) +100

System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter

writer) +25

System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean

includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean

includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +3060

This post describes the same problem. And like that post, if I change my NewReservation.SelectedServiceDate from DateTime to string, things seem to work. But everything I have read indicates this is a bug that should have been fixed in an MVC2 release candidate.

Am I doing something wrong? I don't want the property's type to be string, it needs to be DateTime. Shouldn't I be able to use objects that reflect my problem?