When a user log in into my application i want to show his name throughout the whole application. I am using the asp.net MVC framework. But what i don't want is that is have to put in every controll...

I know that ViewData and ViewBag both use the same backing data and that neither are as good as using strongly typed models in most cases. However when choosing between the two is the dynamic natur...

//CHECK IF WE SHOULD SHOW THE PASSWORD HINT OR NOT Setting passwordhints; using (var db = new dbDataContext()) { passwordhints = (from c in db.Settings where c.Name == "ShowPasswordHints" &&...

I have a problem with an MVC view that I just cannot seem to solve. Here it is. 1) I have an index view that displays a list of retailers with data from the retailers table. So far so good. 2) I ...

When should I use one versus the other? I want to cache a certain object on startup and reuse around the application. Which sounds like the better solution (ViewData or Session)?

I've been reading Scott Guthrie's post on Passing ViewData from Controllers to Views, but I don't think the lesson is clicking for my specific situation. (Note: Due to client proprietary restricti...

I'm having trouble when handling the Post request for my controller: [HttpGet] public ActionResult Crear() { CarreraRepository carreraRepository = new CarreraRepository(); var carreras = carrera...

Assuming you wanted to develop your Controllers so that you use a ViewModel to contain data for the Views you render, should all data be contained within the ViewModel? What conditions would it be ...

I'm trying to pass Json to my View using ViewData Controller ViewData("JsonRegionList") = Json(RegionService.GetActiveRegions()) view $("input#UserRegion").autocomplete({ source:"<%: View...

When is it appropriate to store data in HttpContext.Current.Items[...] vs storing data in ViewData[...]? I'm trying to figure out the best practices for storing data in this collection and I'm not...

I have an ASP.NET MVC application with quite a few drop-down lists and multi-select lists. Essentially, a lot of lists of options. My question is; is it better to pass these lists to the view as p...

I'm trying to pass ViewData to my asp.net mvc masterpage for an mvc usercontrol that I keep on a masterpage. For example, I created a dropdownlist of names as an mvc usercontrol and I put that in m...

I add that to my header <%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Views/Shared/Site.Master" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage" %> and am able to access ViewData and all its internals as well a...

I've been nesting my viewdata classes inside my controllers and, as their numbers grow, I'm starting to ask myself if this is a good idea. Then again, something about polluting the /Views and /Cont...

When Jeremy & Chad posted about their FubuMvc project, one of the differentiators they mentioned was their "Thunderdome Principal": The “Thunderdome Principle” – All Controller methods take...

I am trying to find out how to use usercontrols in asp.net mvc. I know how to add a usercontrol to a view and how to pass data to it. What I haven't been able to figure out is how do you do this wi...

Hi im new to MVC and I've fished around with no luck on how to build MVC User Controls that have ViewData returned to them. I was hoping someone would post a step by step solution on how to approac...

When a controller renders a view based on a model you can get the properties from the ViewData collection using the indexer (ie. ViewData["Property"]). However, I have a shared user control that I ...