Url.Action parameters?

Question

In listing controller I have,

 public ActionResult GetByList(string name, string contact)  {              var NameCollection = Service.GetByName(name);          var ContactCollection = Service.GetByContact(contact);                 return View(new ListViewModel(NameCollection ,ContactCollection));  } 

In ASPX page I call,

 <a href="<%:Url.Action("GetByList","Listing" , new {name= "John"} , new {contact="calgary, vancouver"})%>"><span>People</span></a> 

I have a problem in the ASPX code... I can pull the records for the name john. but when I give the contact="calgary, vancouver", the webpage goes to error.

How can I call two parameters in the Url.Action. I tried the below but that seems wrong too.

  <a href="<%:Url.Action("GetByList","Listing" , new {name= "John" , contact= " calgary, vancouver" })%>"><span>People</span></a> 

Answer 1

The following is the correct overload (in your example you are missing a closing } to the routeValues anonymous object so your code will throw an exception):

<a href="<%: Url.Action("GetByList", "Listing", new { name = "John", contact = "calgary, vancouver" }) %>">     <span>People</span> </a> 

Assuming you are using the default routes this should generate the following markup:

<a href="/Listing/GetByList?name=John&amp;contact=calgary%2C%20vancouver">     <span>People</span> </a> 

which will successfully invoke the GetByList controller action passing the two parameters:

public ActionResult GetByList(string name, string contact)  {     ... } 

Answer 2

This works for MVC 5:

<a href="@Url.Action("ActionName", "ControllerName", new { paramName1 = item.paramValue1, paramName2 = item.paramValue2 })" >     Link text </a>