Generate random ids for tables that is inside a foreach loop in a view with MVC

Question

Im using MVC-Viewmodel, EF Model first on my project.

I have a foreach loop that generates 4 tables inside my view. I want that each table that generates gets an unique ID. I guess that I have to do this inside my ViewModel.

Any kind help is appreciated All I know is that I need to declare something like this inside my foreach loop:

<table id="RandomID_@("MyRandomProperty)">

and probably a property like this:

public random MyRandomProperty {get;set;}

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

You could use a Guid:

<table id="RandomID_@(Guid.NewGuid())">

Answer 2

How about using a GUID as your ID property?

private Guid _tableId;
public Guid TableId = {
    get {
        if(_tableId == null)
            _tableId = Guid.NewGuid();

         return _tableId;
     }
 }

Or you could just call Guid.NewGuid() inline in your View? Dependes if you need to access the ID from else where in your code...

Hope this helps,

James