asp.net-mvc

Style odd table rows differently in ASP.Net MVC

Help me replace this code, both me and Resharper don't like it: <table width="100%"> <% for (int row = 0; row < 10; ++row) {%> <%= "<tr" + ((row % 2 == 0) ? " class='even'" : "") + ">" %> ... </tr> <%}%> </table> ...

Is it okay to hit the database from a custom model binder?

Say I have an object that gets some data from HttpPost and some from the database. I think I want to allow the ModelBinder to go to the database/repository for the that data missing from the post. In practice, is this a good or bad idea? ...

MembershipProvider user id

Greetings, I wrote a custom MembershipProvider for my asp.net mvc application. I get the user as follows: public override MembershipUser GetUser(string username, bool userIsOnline) { using (CPersistanceManager pm = new CPersistanceManager()) { pm.EnsureConnectionOpen(); MembershipUser members...

How to properly load HTML data from third party website using MVC+AJAX?

I'm building ASP.NET MVC2 website that lets users store and analyze data about goods found on various online trade sites. When user is filling a form to create or edit an item, he should have a button "Import data" that automatically fills some fields based on data from third party website. The question is: what should this button do ...

UrlHelper and ViewContext inside an Authorization Attribute

I have a scenario that I haven't been able to solve: I'm toying around with creating my own custom authorization attribute for mvc. The main bit of functionality I would like to add is to have the ability to change where the user gets redirected if they are not in a certain role. I don't mind that the system sends them back to the login...

How to instanciate a class when its property members are not of primitive types?

Hello, 1) Let's say I've a class MyDataInfo public class MyDataInfo { public int MyDataInfoID { get; set; } public string Name { get; set; } } For the purpose of the fuctionality I'm after, I've created another class (MyData) whose property members are of MyDataInfo type. 2) Here's myData public class MyData { public MyDataI...

ASP.NET MVC 2 IgnoreRoute in all directories

Hi, I switched from MVC 1 to MVC 2. I am using a file.axd httphandler in my application and I set routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}"); in my global routing. Since MVC 2 MVC only ignores requests to /file.axd but not to /folder/file.axd. Any changes in MVC 2? I just want to make sure that all requests in any folder to any ...

Confusion about MVC Routes

What is the problem below? routes.MapRoute( "Default2", // Route name "{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = "test" } // Parameter defaults ); routes.MapRoute( "Default1", // Route name "{controller}/{action}/{name...

Asp.net mvc, view with multiple updatable parts - how?

I have started doing asp.net mvc programming and like it more everyday. Most of the examples I have seen use separate views for viewing and editing details of a specific entity. E.g. - table of music albums linking to separate 'detail' and 'update' views [Action] | Title | Artist detail, update ...

asp.net mvc usercontrol viewdata

i have user control, which i render on several views. i want to show viewdata in the usercontrol, but viewdata must be filled in controller method, so i need to fill viewdata on each controller method of each view, where i render usercontrol. is there any simple solutions? ...

What's the difference between "return View()" and "return PartialView()"

I understand that partial views are used to render parts of a view. But I can't understand what's the difference between return View() and return PartialView() and when do you use each one. ...

Authenticating model - best practices

I come into ASP.NET from php so the reason why i ask my question is because it's totally different nature of how application works and handles requests. well, i have an exists table with user creditians, such as: id, login, password (sha hashed), email, phone, room i have built custom membership provider so it can handle my own databas...

Relying on nhibernate's second level cache vs pushing objects into asp.net session

I have some big entities which are frequently accessed in the same session. For example, in my application there is a reporting page which consist of dynamically generated chart images. For each chart image on this page, the client makes requests to corresponding controller and the controller generates images using some entities. I can ...

Custom basic authentication fails in IIS7

I have an ASP.NET MVC application, with some RESTful services that I'm trying to secure using custom basic authentication (they are authenticated against my own database). I have implemented this by writing an HTTPModule. I have one method attached to the HttpApplication.AuthenticateRequest event, which calls this method in the case of...

Web Application Project Deployment VS2010 - Precompile Views

Using Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate I created a ASP.NET MVC 2.0 Web Application. I read http://msdn.microsoft.com/query/dev10.query?appId=Dev10IDEF1&amp;l=EN-US&amp;k=k%28WEBAPPLICATIONPROJECTS.PACKAGEPUBLISHOVERVIEW%29;k%28TargetFrameworkMoniker-%22.NETFRAMEWORK%2cVERSION%3dV4.0%22%29&amp;rd=true. Its about the new features for Web Appl...

Registering IWindsorContainer with ASPNET MVC 2.0 Areas

I had the following code that was working well before the addition of Areas in MVC 2 : protected override IWindsorContainer CreateContainer(string windsorConfig) { IWindsorContainer container = new WindsorContainer(); container.Register(Component.For<IUnitOfWorkFactory>() .ImplementedBy<...

asp.net mvc viewdata best practices

Hi: Am trying to understand the ASP.NET MVC ViewData with respect to its size. Since this object is passed between Controller to View, how big this could be? Say for example, if DataTable is passed from Model, and Controller is going to pass it to View. Is there any best practices OR any one had any bad experience to share here? Thanks ...

How to check a radio button based upon the enum value

I have an enum. Based upon the value brought by model, I have to check radio button. How can I do that? <%=Html.RadioButton("Role", Role.Viewer)%><%= .Role.Viewer%> <%=Html.RadioButton("Role",.Role.Reporter)%><%= Role.Reporter%> <%=Html.RadioButton("Role",Role.User)%><%= Role.User%> My enum would be having the numbers...

Linq filtering an IQueryable<T> (System.Data.Linq.DataQuery) object by a List<T> (System.Collection.Generic.List) object?

My IQueryable line is: // find all timesheets for this period - from db so System.Data.Linq.DataQuery var timesheets = _timesheetRepository.FindByPeriod(dte1, dte2); My List line is: // get my team from AD - from active directory so System.Collection.Generic.List var adUsers = _adUserRepository.GetMyTeam(User.Identity.Name); I ...

ASP.NET MVC ViewModel Auto Generation

Hi there, I have a load of ADO.NET Entities in my MVC project. I was going to use these entities directly from my views/controllers... however, I think it's probably best to use ViewModels which more accurately reflect what the View requires. I'm looking for a way that I can auto-generate a ViewModel from an existing Entity, i.e., auto...