Nullable enum in html helper

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Published on 2012-12-14T10:44:10Z Indexed on 2012/12/14 11:04 UTC
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I have a view model that contains enum with nullable type like this one :

public StudyLevel? studyLevel { get; set; }

I have made custom html helper to display a dropdownlist for rendering the enum into the view, the nullable case is displayed using

<option value="null">No value</option>

the problem is that when i submit the form modelstate give me the error :

studylevel cannot be "null" .

Could you suggest me any way to help me handle the nullable type in the view ?

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