How to pass List from Controller to View in MVC 3

Question

I have a List<> binded with some data in Controller action and I want to pass that List<> to View to bind with DataGrid in Razor View.

I am new to MVC.Can any one help me how to pass and how to access in View.

Answer 1

Passing data to view is simple as passing object to method. Take a look at Controller.View Method

protected internal ViewResult View(     Object model ) 

Something like this

//controller  List<MyObject> list = new List<MyObject>();  return View(list);   //view  @model List<MyObject>  // and property Model is type of List<MyObject>  @foreach(var item in Model) {     <span>@item.Name</span> } 

Answer 2

I did this;

In controller:

public ActionResult Index() {   var invoices = db.Invoices;    var categories = db.Categories.ToList();   ViewData["MyData"] = categories; // Send this list to the view    return View(invoices.ToList()); } 

In view:

@model IEnumerable<abc.Models.Invoice>  @{     ViewBag.Title = "Invoices"; }  @{   var categories = (List<Category>) ViewData["MyData"]; // Cast the list }  @foreach (var c in @categories) // Print the list {   @Html.Label(c.Name); }  <table>     ...     @foreach (var item in Model)      {       ...     } </table> 

Hope it helps

Answer 3

You can use the dynamic object ViewBag to pass data from Controllers to Views.

Add the following to your controller:

ViewBag.MyList = myList;

Then you can acces it from your view:

@ViewBag.MyList

// e.g.
@foreach (var item in ViewBag.MyList) { ... }