I want to have a drop down list with 3 values (super user-admin-user) this is the role

this is my Model:

public class LogIn
{
    public int ID { get; set; }
    [Required]
    [StringLength(100, ErrorMessage = "The {0} must be at least {2} characters long.", MinimumLength = 6)]
    [Display(Name = " username")]
    public string userame { get; set; }

    [Required]
    [StringLength(100, ErrorMessage = "The {0} must be at least {2} characters long.", MinimumLength = 6)]
    [DataType(DataType.Password)]
    [Display(Name = " password")]
    public string password { get; set; }
    public string role { get; set; }
}
and this is my view:

@using (Html.BeginForm()) 
{
@Html.AntiForgeryToken()

<div class="form-horizontal">
    <h4>LogIn</h4>
    <hr />
    @Html.ValidationSummary(true)

    <div class="form-group">
        @Html.LabelFor(model => model.userame, new { @class = "control-label col-md-2" })
        <div class="col-md-10">
            @Html.EditorFor(model => model.userame)
            @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.userame)
        </div>
    </div>

    <div class="form-group">
        @Html.LabelFor(model => model.password, new { @class = "control-label col-md-2" })
        <div class="col-md-10">
            @Html.EditorFor(model => model.password)
            @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.password)
        </div>
    </div>

    <div class="form-group">
        @Html.LabelFor(model => model.role, new { @class = "control-label col-md-2" })
        <div class="col-md-10">
            @Html.EditorFor(model => model.role)
            @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.role)
        </div>
    </div>

    <div class="form-group">
        <div class="col-md-offset-2 col-md-10">
            <input type="submit" value="Create" class="btn btn-default" />
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
}
The role is not supposed to be a text field it is supposed to be a drop down list of the three values above and the selected value will be saved in the database.how is that possible?

Hi,

Remove EditorFor() for role and use dropdownList:
@Html.DropdownListFor(model => model.role, new SelectList(new[]{"super user","admin","user"}))

You can use
Enum

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2828444/non-string-role-names-in-asp-net-mvc