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Asked: 2026-06-06T19:29:21+00:00

I have a problem with a model in a asp.net mvc3 application. First of

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I have a problem with a model in a asp.net mvc3 application.
First of all, i have a table with items, each item has e.g.: id,name and description
where i also have a user with: id, name

It looks somewhat like:

class item {int id, string name, string description}
class user {int id, string name}

Now i also have a table which maps these two things to each other, with foreign keys.
so each user can have * items and each item also can have * users.

Now i need to create controller and view for the item. this works fine, the problem is, that i just create a item, but i want to create a item and the mapping to a user in one step.

how to solve this problem in mvc? (e.g. i just can add one model in a view and this is the item in the create process)

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  1. Editorial Team

    Short answer: you need to add drop-down of users while creating an item. This will help to link each item to a user.

    However, your particulate issue seems to be in building many-to-many relationship in the model. How to do this? Well, this is already nicely explained here – ASP.NET MVC, Entity Framework, One-to-Many and Many-to-Many INSERTS

    In addition, I would strongly suggest to go through – NerdDinner Tutorial. It will give you good start-up and solid background for development in asp.net mvc framework.
    You may also refer to Tutorial samples in official website to learn and practice development in mvc.

    Here is a link to complete code of the tutorial – NerdDinner 2.0 Complete ASP.NET MVC Sample App

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