Question

I know this is something simple but I can’t figure it out 🙁

I’m receiving this error:

The model item passed into the dictionary is of type ‘System.Collections.Generic.List1[<>f__AnonymousType35[System.String,System.String,System.String,System.Nullable1[System.DateTime],System.String]]', but this dictionary requires a model item of type 'System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable1[MvcApplication3.Order]’.

Here is the code for my controller:

    var query = from o in db.Orders
                join c in db.Customers on o.CustomerID equals c.CustomerID
                where o.CustomerID == q
                select new
                {
                    o.CustomerID,
                    o.ShipAddress,
                    o.ShipCity,
                    o.ShippedDate,
                    c.ContactName
                };

    /*
    var query = from o in db.Orders
                where o.CustomerID == q
                select o;
    */
    return View(query.ToList());

Here is my view:

@model IEnumerable<MvcApplication3.Order>


@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Search";
}

<h2>Search</h2>
Your search results contains @Model.Count() rows

<table>
    <tr>
        <td>Customer ID</td>
        <td>Address</td>
        <td>City</td>
        <td>Shipped to Date</td>
    </tr>
@foreach (var item in Model)
{
    <tr>
        <td>@item.CustomerID</td>
        <td>@item.ShipAddress</td>
        <td>@item.ShipCity</td>
        <td>@item.ShippedDate</td>
        <td>@item.Customer.ContactName</td>

    </tr>
}
</table>

I’m assuming it has something to do with the way View is setup. If I remove the return View() and just loop through the data from the controller I get the results I expect. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

EDIT:

Try this:

select new Order()
                    {
                        CustomerId = o.CustomerID,
                        ShipAddress = o.ShipAddress,
                        ShipCity = o.ShipCity,
                        ShippedDate = o.ShippedDate,
                        Customer = new Customer()
                              {
                                 ContactName = c.ContactName
                              }
                    };

You didn’t specify the model. You created a List of anonymous objects, and the view is expecting an IEnumerable<Order>.