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Asked: 2026-05-27T16:43:53+00:00

By definition I had to post this question. I received the error on this

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By definition I had to post this question. I received the error on this line using ASP.NET MVC 3 and ASPX form. Where’s my typo?

<a href="<%= Html.Action("About", "Home") %>">
<img src="<%= Url.Content("~/Content/images/newfront_04.jpg") %>" /></a>

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I created a blank project to compare:

  • Web Config is identical minus connection strings (including Views web.config)
  • Global.asax.cs including routes is identical minus namespace
  • Page directive is identical
  • Home Controller code is identical minus namespace
  • Taking this line out makes everything work
  • The entire page is html with the exception of the page directive and ContentPlaceHolders
  • This is the Site.Master file
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  1. Editorial Team

    Html.Action is actually rendering that action where you are putting that code, and it’s causing reentrancy there. That is: it’s calling the whole action and outputting the resulting view… not outputting the url.

    What you probably wanted was Html.ActionLink (which renders the whole A tag for you), instead, or Url.Action, to just output the URL – rather than the action result again.

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