Question

Is there a better way to display data from multiple sources in MVC via the return View()?

I basically made call to the two disparate sources then filled a common collection where I could combine the results. Was just wondering if I could return both data objects instead of having to combine them?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

thanks,

S

Answer 1

It’s common to use a ViewModel which can hold multiple collections or other types to pass to your view.

If you don’t want / need strongly typed views, you can use ViewBag or ViewData to pass multiple collections to your view as well:

public ActionResult Index()
{
    ViewData["GratuitousGuid"] = Guid.NewGuid();

    ViewBag.Products = ProductService.GetProducts();
    ViewBag.Countries = CountryService.GetCountries();
    ViewBag.Zombies = ZombieService.GetZombies();

    return View();
}