Question

In Index.cshtml I have the following:

@{
    Html.Telerik().Grid<hekomaseru.Models.testdbEntities1>("testtable")
        .Name("grid1")
        .Pageable()
        .Sortable()
        .Filterable()
        .Groupable()
        .Render();
}

And in HomeController.cs I do this:

    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        List<int> abc = new List<int>() { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
        ViewData["testtable"] = abc;

        return View();
    }

For some reason though when everything loads up the grid is always empty (no records to display). Any ideas why it wouldn’t work?

I have other telerik stuff working (namely the drop down menus) so I don’t think it has anything to do specifically with that..

Answer 1

The grid needs to bind to a list of objects. A list of ints won’t work because they are value types. A list of strings will work like Lester said, but the only property is length. If you want a list of ints, you could add a class like this.

public class Numbers
{
  public Numbers(int number)
  {
    Num = number;
  }
  public int Num
  {
    get;
    set;
  }
}

Then in the Controller.

public ActionResult Index()
{
  List<Numbers> abc = new List<Numbers>();
  abc.Add(new Numbers(1));
  abc.Add(new Numbers(2));
  abc.Add(new Numbers(3));
  abc.Add(new Numbers(4));
  abc.Add(new Numbers(5));

  return View(abc);
}

The View

@model List<Numbers>

@{
    Html.Telerik().Grid(Model)
        .Name("grid1")
        .Pageable()
        .Sortable()
        .Filterable()
        .Groupable()
        .Render();
}

To make the grid more interesting, just add more properties to the Numbers class.