Selected column in For Loop ASP.NET MVC3

Question

I have a following function in a controller. It is called from index.cshtml . var relays works fine and I got the replays.count() . PRESETDETAILS has some columns from which I want to access specific columns in a loop (like I have mentioned in response.write ).

Kindly tell me how I can get the specific columns in the for loop.

    #region "Apply Preset Handlers"
    public ActionResult btnApply_Click(int? id)
    {
        var relays = db.PRESETDETAILS.ToList().Where(t => (t.PRESETID).Equals(id));
        for (int k = 0; k < relays.Count(); k++)
        {
            Response.Write(relays.Select(s => new relays{PRESETDETAILID = s.PRESETDETAILID }).ToString());   

        }
        return View("Index");
    }
    #endregion

Answer 1

you need to loop through them, you're simply select the same things over and over...

var relays = db.PRESETDETAILS.Where(t => t.PRESETID == id).ToList();
foreach (var replay in replays)
{
    Response.Write(string.Format("{0}", relay.ID));   
}

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NOW... looking at your code:

• always use ToList() at the end of the query;
• ToList() actually makes the call to the database, until then, it's just a promise
• Don't use Response.Write in your Controller, send the data to the View instead

your code should be:

public ActionResult btnApply_Click(int? id)
{
    var model = db.PRESETDETAILS.Where(t => t.PRESETID == id).ToList();
    return View(model);
}

in your View you can loop through the records

@model List<YOUR_CLASS>

<ul>
    @foreach(var replay in Model)
    {
        <li>@replay.ID</li>
    }
</ul>

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