Question

I think I already asked this but the solution didn’t really made sense. Anyway, I have ActionLinks on my views like this:

foreach( var item in Model){
<%: Html.ActionLink(item.Name, "Details", new {id = item.Id}) %>
}

now, when it goes to my Action Details obviously this will be the url

/MyThings/Details/{id}

I was wondering if it’s possible to show the name of that item instead of the id Using a slug? or modifying the global asax like so:

/MyThings/Details/CarKeys

The thing is the names need to be unique, is there a way I can modify the global asax to show the name instead of the id?

Any advice is much appreciated!

Answer 1

Sure, you just have to change your routing rules. Look in your Global.asax.cs file, or in your area registration file, for something like this:

routes.MapRoute(..., "{controller}/{action}/{id}", ...);

… and change it to something like this:

routes.MapRoute(..., "{controller}/{action}/{name}", ...);

Then have your action take the name instead of the ID:

Html.ActionLink(item.Name, "Details", new {item.Name})