Question

Hey,
I Have three IQueryable lists which i concat together into one list to be displayed in the dropdown box. But now I want to get the id of what the user selected since there are 3 lists to choose from. Thanks

Example:

IQueryable<Store> stores= _storeRepository.FindAll().OrderBy(c => c.Description);
        var storeList = stores.ToSelectList("StoreId", "Description", viewModel.StoreId.ToString());

        IQueryable<Product> products = _productRepository.FindAll().OrderBy(j => j.Name);
        var productList = products.ToSelectList("ProductId", "Name", viewModel.ProductId.ToString());



var viewList = storeList.Concat(productList).ToList();
viewModel.Lookups = viewList; //display in dropdown

Answer 1

So this is how i went about my problem. In my Controller File – in my Get method after the button click this is what i did:

        resultSummaryViewModel.Value = value;
        resultSummaryViewModel.ReportFrame = new FramedViewModel();

        if(value !="")
        {
            string viewValue = value.Substring(0, value.IndexOf("|"));
            string viewType = value.Substring(value.IndexOf("|") + 1);

            resultSummaryViewModel.ReportFrame.SourceURL =
                WebPathHelper.MapUrlFromRoot(
                    string.Format(
                        "Reporting/ResultSummary.aspx?beginDate={0}&endDate={1}&Id={2}&viewType={3}",
                        resultSummaryViewModel.BeginDate, resultSummaryViewModel.EndDate, viewValue,
                        viewType));
        }
        var viewData = new Dictionary<string, string>();
        viewData.Add("Schools", "|allschools");
        viewData.Add("Classes", "|allclasses");

This is also connected to my display page aspx.cs which contains the actual lists i use to populate.