title: html helper dropdown list to display hardcoded values in my view, not values from database
body: <p>I want to be able to display a dropdownlist that has values not from my database, but have hardcoded values that will be used to perform an insert query later. How would I go about doing it?</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;%=Html.DropDownList("Chart Type", "Horizontal") %&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I need values Horizontal, Vertical, Pie to be in the dropdownlist.</p>
  
  <p>Any help is much appreciated!</p>