Question

I was wondering if it’s possible to implement paging and sorting of data using a @foreach Razor syntax instead of using a specific Grid control.

Would it be difficult to implement? Should I stick to existing Grid solutions instead, such as WebGrid or MVCContrib grid?

Answer 1

I wrote an extension method for pagin my lists:

public static class DataPager
    {
        public static IEnumerable<T> PageData<T>(this IEnumerable<T> source, int currentPage, int pageSize)
        {
            var sourceCopy = source.ToList();

            if (sourceCopy.Count() < pageSize)
            {
                return sourceCopy;
            }

            return sourceCopy.Skip((currentPage - 1) * pageSize).Take(pageSize);
        }
    }

Might be useful for you e.g.

    var courses = List<Courses>(); // Get courses somehow...

    int currentPage = 2;
    int pageSize = 5;

var pagedCourses = courses.OrderBy(c => c.Course.Title).PageData(currentPage, pageSize);