How to show the List returned to view by controller?

Question

Hello friends.

I am using VS 2008 MVC.

I developed a controller.

Form controller i fetch the data by using LinqToSql. & i am retuning a list of that data.

e.g. return View(Students.Tolist());

now i want to display the list using "foreach" loop in view.

so how do i achieve it?

Answer 1

You should have a Student class to hold the records outputted by LINQ to SQL. Anonymous types don't work well in this scenario.

<% foreach (var item in (IEnumerable<Student>)ViewData.Model) { %>
      <div class="student">
          Name: <%= item.Name %>  <br />
          GPA:  <%= item.GPA %> 
      </div>
<% } %>

Answer 2

You return your Student list in the Controller Action as the Model for the View, so make sure your View is strongly typed. Your View should have this at the top:

Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<List<Your.Namespace.Student>>"

Then you can iterate over that list in the View like this:

    <% foreach(var student in Model)
    { %>
     <div class="student">
      <%= student.Name %>
      <%= student.Age %>
     </div>

 <% } %>

This is if you use the MVC RC or newer.