Question

Binding model to the view.

my model Person has {Id,Title,Address…etc)

In my controller I want to retrieve some fields
e.g:

 var model = from p in db.Person where p.jobtype == 1 
             select new Person { Title = p.Title, Address = p.Address};
 return View(model);

also tried to to use anonymous type and it doesn’t work:

 var model = from p in db.Person where p.jobtype == 1 
             select new { p.Title, p.Address};
 return View(model);

In my view:

 @model IEnumerable<Demo.Models.Person>
 @foreach (var item in Model) {
 <div>@item.Title</div>}  >FAILS

If I retrieve full object then it works, how do I retrieve some fields using anonymous type or\and using my model…. plz provide the correct syntax. Thanks

Answer 1

If your View is requiring the Model to be Enumerable then it needs to be AsEnumerable in your select statement.

var model = (from p in db.Person
            where p.jobtype == 1
            select p).AsEnumerable();

return View(model);

and then

@model IEnumerable<Demo.Models.Person>

@foreach (var item in Model.ToList()) {
<div>@item.Title</div>}

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Alternatively, Since you just need a list at the end of the day, and you “should” be using a ViewModel, I suggest the following.

ViewModel

public class PersonViewModel
{
    public int Name { get; set; }
    public string Title { get; set; }
}

Controller

var person = (from p in db.Person
            where p.jobtype == 1
            select p);

PersonViewModel model = Mapper.Map<Person, PersonViewModel>(person);

return View(model.ToList());

View

@model List<Demo.ViewModels.PersonViewModel>

@foreach (var item in Model) {
<div>@item.Title</div>}

note: I used AutoMapper in the above example
_{I don’t have my IDE in front of me, so I’m not sure if this is perfect.}