Display ViewBag content in a dialog box view

Question

I am trying to show an alert message on submitting a request. The alert message should be the content of ViewBag. Here is my view.

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Request";
    Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
 }

@if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(ViewBag.message))
{

    <script type="text/javascript">
        var msg = "@ViewBag.message";
        alert(msg);
    </script>
}

There is no alert even when ViewBag.message has value in it.

Answer 1

Change it to:

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function () {
        var msg = "@ViewBag.message";
        alert(msg);
    });
</script>