Getting problem while displaying Dropdown list box values in asp,net mvc application

I am getting following error when I am passing the Dropdown list box values..

DataBinding: 'System.Web.Mvc.SelectListItem' does not contain a property with the name 'code'.

Here is my dropdown list box code in my view.

<span id="StateFilterRow"> State: <%= Html.DropDownList("StatesFilter", new SelectList(Model.StatesList, "code", "code", Model.SelectedState), new { style = "background-color: #eee; font-weight:bold;" })%></span>  

Here is my code to get the Dropdown list box values.

In my result States I have text and value for States

  Text  = '{code = AL}'

In my ViewModel..

  public SelectList StatesList { get; set; }

Is that something I am doing wrong in my view code?

Your getListOfStates method already returns a SelectList, so in your view you don't need to create yet another one. So you could modify this method and specify the properties there:

private SelectList getListOfStates()
{
    var values = 
        from s in generic.CodeTypes
        join c in generic.ApplicationCodes on s.CodeType_Id equals c.CodeType_ID
        where s.CodeType_Id == 26
        select new
        {
            Code = c.Code,
        };
    return new SelectList(values, "Code", "Code");
}

and then in your view:

<%= Html.DropDownList(
    "StatesFilter", 
    Model.StatesList, 
    new { style = "background-color: #eee; font-weight:bold;" }
) %>