Question

I am trying to pull from the database a saved Title. I want it to load every time without using the view to call it. So I want a variable to be pulled when I call it from the Layout. How can I do this?

In Layout Example:

@ViewBag.ShowTitle   

This would show to every single page that renders the layout. I’m not sure how I would call the field from the database to the screen without a controller.

Answer 1

Just call a PartialView in your _Layout.cshtml page.

@Html.Partial("_Title")

but you do need a Controller to interact with the database and to assign the Title value to the ViewBag.

PartialView

<div>
    <h2>
        @ViewBag.ShowTitle
    </h2>
</div>

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You can also do as described in the following link where you define a ViewModel, a Controller and calls @Html.Action inside _Layout.cshtml:

ASP.NET MVC 3 _Layout.cshtml Controller