Question

     Function Edit(ByVal id As Integer) As ActionResult


        Dim entities As New Deployment_devEntities()
        Dim w As System.Data.Objects.ObjectQuery(Of tblWebsites) = entities.CreateQuery(Of tblWebsites)("SELECT VALUE m FROM tblWebsites as m WHERE m.WebsiteID = " & id)

        Dim q = From m In entities.tblWebsites Where m.WebsiteID = id Select m

        Return View(q.Single())

    End Function

I have a strong typed view of type EntityFrameworkTest.tblWebsites when I pass in the results using either Linq to Entity or Entity SQL I get this error:

The model item passed into the dictionary is of type 'System.Data.Objects.ObjectQuery`1[EntityFrameworkTest.tblWebsites]', 
but this dictionary requires a model item of type 'EntityFrameworkTest.tblWebsites'.

What am I doing wrong?

The code is example only.

Answer 1

Either your view needs to inherit from IEnumerable<tblWebsites> or you need to change your controller to return a single instance of tblWebsites. You can do this with the LINQ .FirstOrDefault() method.