Question

I created a class from a database stored procedure using reflection and I want to be able to display the contents of the data table unto a razor view without using entities or having to create a strongly typed model for the class. Right now I’m doing the following:

public static List<object> GetPeople()
{
    DataTable dt = DataAccess.GetPersons();

    List<object> obj = MapDataTableToPerson(DataAccess.GetPersons());

    return obj;
}

private static List<object> MapDataTableToPerson(DataTable dt)
{
    List<object> returnClassObject = new List<object>();

    Type typeClass = CreateClassFromDT(dt);


    foreach (DataRow dr in dt.Rows)
    {
        object obj = Activator.CreateInstance(typeClass);

        foreach(string columnName in ColumnNames)
        {
            PropertyInfo property = typeClass.GetProperty(columnName);

            property.SetValue(obj, dr[columnName], null);
        }

        returnClassObject.Add(obj);
    }

    return returnClassObject;
}

I call GetPeople from the controller and pass unto a view, but I have no clue on how to get the values from the created class in Razor, if anyone can help it will be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Pass the DataTable model to the view and loop through the columns and rows. I don’t think you need to use reflection, just get a DataTable from your database.