Question

Trying to learn ASP MVC coming from Linux/LAMP background (in other words I’m a newb) …

For some reason I can’t seem to use a function defined in a controller in another controller.

Here’s the function in my MessagesController.cs file:

    public List<Message> GetMessagesById(string username)
    {
        return db.Messages.Where(p => p.user == username).ToList();
    }

When I try to reference it:

    using LemonadeTrader.Models;
    using LemonadeTrader.Controllers;     // added this to pull the Messages::getMesssagesById
    ...

    ViewBag.messages = lemondb.Messages.GetMessagesById(Membership.GetUser().ProviderUserKey.ToString());

I get something along the lines of lemondb.Messages does not contain a method called GetMesssagesById.

How do I reference it?

Answer 1

Place GetMessageById (and all other methods needed for accessing messages) to separate class and use the class everywhere you need to get Message data.

MessageService service = new MessageService();
ViewBag.messages = service.GetMessagesById(...);