Question

Say I have a database table like the following:

FileID | FileName | FileSize | Group
-------------------------------------
1        test.txt   100        Group1
2        test2.txt  100        Group1
3        test3.txt  100        Group2

What would be the best way to display this data with an MVC view in the style of:

Group 1

Table Containing Group1 files

---

Group 2

Table containing Group1 files

---

What I am getting it, is when I group the results by Group via a linq to sql query, how can I efficiently display the file lists in sections.

Thanks for any input.

Answer 1

Here’s a quick sample… I’m assuming a strongly typed model that contains a list of Groups with the corresponding files…

MODEL

public class Groups
{
    public List<Files> GroupFiles { get; set; }
    public String Name{ get; set; }
}

public class File
{
    public int FileId { get; set; }
    public String FileName { get; set; }
    public String FileSize { get; set; }
}

VIEW

<%
foreach(var group in myModel.FileGroups)
{
%>
      <h2><%= group.Name %></h2>
      <table>
<%   
    foreach(var file in group.Files)
    { %>

         <tr>
             <td><%= file.FileID %></td>
             <td><%= file.FileName %></td>
             <td><%= file.FileSize %></td>
         </tr>

    <%
    } %>
</table>
<%
}
%>