ActionLink with multiple parameters

Question

I want to create a URL like /?name=Macbeth&year=2011 with my ActionLink which I have tried doing like so:

<%= Html.ActionLink("View Details", "Details", "Performances", new { name = item.show }, new { year = item.year })%> 

but it doesn't work. How do I do this?

Answer 1

In addition to Mikael Östberg answer add something like this in your global.asax

routes.MapRoute(     "View Details",     "Performances/Details/{name}/{year}",     new {         controller ="Performances",         action="Details",          name=UrlParameter.Optional,         year=UrlParameter.Optional     }); 

then in your controller

// the name of the parameter must match the global.asax route     public action result Details(string name, int year) {     return View();  } 

Answer 2

The overload you are using makes the year value end up in the html attributes of the link (check your rendered source).

The overload signature looks like this:

MvcHtmlString HtmlHelper.ActionLink(     string linkText,      string actionName,      string controllerName,      object routeValues,      object htmlAttributes ) 

You need to put both your route values in to the RouteValues dictionary like this:

Html.ActionLink(     "View Details",      "Details",      "Performances",      new { name = item.show, year = item.year },      null )