Question

I want to create a URL like /?name=Macbeth&year=2011 with my ActionLink which I have tried doing like so:

<%= Html.ActionLink("View Details", "Details", "Performances", new { name = item.show }, new { year = item.year })%>

but it doesn’t work. How do I do this?

Answer 1

The overload you are using makes the year value end up in the html attributes of the link (check your rendered source).

The overload signature looks like this:

MvcHtmlString HtmlHelper.ActionLink(
    string linkText, 
    string actionName, 
    string controllerName, 
    object routeValues, 
    object htmlAttributes
)

You need to put both your route values in to the RouteValues dictionary like this:

Html.ActionLink(
    "View Details", 
    "Details", 
    "Performances", 
    new { name = item.show, year = item.year }, 
    null
)