Question

I have a model that was auto-generated from my SQL database.

class Organization
{
    public Organization()
    {
        this.ContactTitles = new HashSet<ContactTitle>();
        this.OrganizationAddresses = new HashSet<OrganizationAddress>();
        this.OrganizationBusinessTypes = new HashSet<OrganizationBusinessType>();
        this.OrganizationCountries = new HashSet<OrganizationCountry>();
        this.OrganizationEmails = new HashSet<OrganizationEmail>();
        this.OrganizationMemberships = new HashSet<OrganizationMembership>();
        this.OrganizationNotes = new HashSet<OrganizationNote>();
        this.OrganizationPhones = new HashSet<OrganizationPhone>();
        this.OrganizationWebsites = new HashSet<OrganizationWebsite>();
        this.Contacts = new HashSet<Contact>();
        this.OrganizationIndustryCodes = new HashSet<OrganizationIndustryCode>();
    }

    public int OrganizationID { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }

    public virtual ICollection<ContactTitle> ContactTitles { get; set; }
    public virtual ICollection<OrganizationAddress> OrganizationAddresses { get; set; }
    public virtual ICollection<OrganizationBusinessType> OrganizationBusinessTypes { get; set; }
    public virtual ICollection<OrganizationCountry> OrganizationCountries { get; set; }
    public virtual ICollection<OrganizationEmail> OrganizationEmails { get; set; }
    public virtual ICollection<OrganizationMembership> OrganizationMemberships { get; set; }
    public virtual ICollection<OrganizationNote> OrganizationNotes { get; set; }
    public virtual ICollection<OrganizationPhone> OrganizationPhones { get; set; }
    public virtual ICollection<OrganizationWebsite> OrganizationWebsites { get; set; }
    public virtual ICollection<Contact> Contacts { get; set; }
    public virtual ICollection<OrganizationIndustryCode> OrganizationIndustryCodes { get; set; }
 }

In my Organization View, on my Index page – it is strongly typed to my Organization Model.

I am trying to displaying the Membership information, on the Organization index page, that I believe should be in the ICollection. Unless I am miss-interpreting what that does.

When I go to put a @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.OrganizationMemberships. to grab the data in the OrganizationMembership table, it does not show up on IntelliSense. I only need to be able to display the data, I don’t have to submit any changes with a form.

Answer 1

Since the model is an enumerable type — @model PagedList.IPagedList<VAGTC.Models.Organization> — you’ll need to iterate through them in your main view:

@foreach (var organization in Model)
{
    @Html.DisplayFor(model => organization)
} 

Next, create a display template for the class Organization. Under Views/Shared/DisplayTemplates add a view Organization.cshtml:

@model VAGTC.Models.Organization

Now this is the main view that renders your class. Here you can iterate over the membership items:

@foreach (var membership in Model.OrganizationMemberships)
{
    @Html.DisplayFor(model => membership)
} 

Now again, create a partial view for the OrganizationMembership class by adding OrganizationMembership.cshtml under Views/Shared/DisplayTemplates.