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  • Kevin 18 posts 108 karma points
    Aug 08, 2018 @ 15:45
    Kevin
    0

    Cannot bind source type to model type

    I'm trying to make a simple table pulling from a custom table in the SQL CE Umbraco.sdf. I'm new to MVC so this may be an issue in my understanding or implementation of it.

    I've looked through almost all of the related problems on the forum and still can't seem to understand it.

    Sometimes the problem seems to be between @model and @inherits? I'm using the PureLive models of Models Builder. I've tried to make my model inherit from RenderModel, and that just says the RenderModel doesn't contain a constructor for 0 arguments, so I'm not sure that's the direction I'd want to go (or even when it would be).

    Can someone explain why this error occurs and how I might fix it?

    The exception thrown

     Umbraco.Web.Mvc.ModelBindingException: Cannot bind source type USNStarterKit.USNModels.USNBaseViewModel to model type System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1[[AnviPayorListViewModel, App_Code.mvefwepm, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null]].
    

    My ViewModel

    public class AnviPayorListViewModel
    {
        public string PayorID { get; set;}
    
        public string PayorName { get; set;}
    }
    

    My Controller

    using System.Web.Mvc;
    
    public class AnviPayorListController : Umbraco.Web.Mvc.SurfaceController
    {
    
        [System.Web.Http.HttpGet]
        public ActionResult GetPayors()
        {
            //Connect to custom table DB
            var db = ApplicationContext.DatabaseContext.Database;
    
            //Get list of payors to iterate over
           var payors = db.Fetch<AnviPayorListViewModel>("SELECT * FROM Payors");
    
            //return PartialView("USNForms/AnviPayorResults", AnviPayorListViewModel);
            return PartialView(payors);
        }
    }   
    

    My PartialView (GetPayors.cshtml)

    @inherits UmbracoViewPage<IEnumerable<AnviPayorListViewModel>>
    
    @foreach (AnviPayorListViewModel item in Model) {
        <tr>
            <td>
                @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.PayorID)
            </td>
            <td>
                @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.PayorName)
            </td>
        </tr>
    }
    

    My Main View

    @inherits UmbracoViewPage<USNStarterKit.USNModels.USNBaseViewModel>
    @{
        Layout = "USNMaster.cshtml";
    }
    @Html.Partial("USNListings/GetPayors")
    
  • Marc Goodson 2155 posts 14408 karma points MVP 9x c-trib
    Aug 09, 2018 @ 07:10
    Marc Goodson
    1

    Hi Kevin

    The problem here I think is in your main view where you have

    @Html.Partial("USNListings/GetPayors")

    Essentially as no model is specified, the model of the current view 'USNStarterKit.USNModels.USNBaseViewModel' is sent to the Partial View which is expecting a model of type: IEnumerable

    So in your main view, you need to write out the results of your surface controller action (which will then send the correct model to the partial view)

    In MVC you do this by using Html.Action, and passing in the controller name, and action name you want to call, (and any optional route parameters)

    eg

    @Html.Action("AnviPayorList". "GetPayors")

    (you should also decorate your GetPayors ActionResults with [ChildActionOnly] to prevent it being requested directly via Url.)

    Anyway see

    https://our.umbraco.com/documentation/reference/templating/mvc/child-actions

    for more background info.

    but switching the Html.Partial for Html.Action should resolve your issue.

    regards

    Marc

  • Kevin 18 posts 108 karma points
    Aug 09, 2018 @ 19:55
    Kevin
    0

    Thanks for responding!

    Changing the @Html.Partial to @Html.Action("GetPayors","AnviPayorList") did the trick for getting past that binding source type to model error, straight into a different exception for the same line.

    System.Web.HttpException: The controller for path '/payor-list/' was not found or does not implement IController.

    From what I can tell it has to do with either the namespace of the controller as with this forum post or the "area" of the controller as with this stackoverflow post. Now neither of these really makes sense to me. The Controllers file can't be in the App_Data folder? Plus if I try that it can't find my GetPayors partial view.

  • Marc Goodson 2155 posts 14408 karma points MVP 9x c-trib
    Aug 10, 2018 @ 07:38
    Marc Goodson
    1

    Hi Kevin

    Couple of things to check, the HttpGet declaration you have is from the System.Web.Http namespace, which is used when creating Web Api controllers... when decorating an action in a surface controller you need to use the HttpGet class from the System.Web.Mvc namespace, eg [System.Web.Mvc.HttpGet]

    but that is a little 'by the by' as you don't intend to make a web request to this action result, you only want to call this in your template using Html.Action.

    Therefore the actionresult should be decorated with [ChildActionOnly]

    So:

    replace

    [System.Web.Http.HttpGet]
    public ActionResult GetPayors()
    {
    

    with

    [ChildActionOnly]
    public ActionResult GetPayors()
    {
    

    and let's see if we can move on again to a different error :-P

  • Kevin 18 posts 108 karma points
    Aug 10, 2018 @ 15:35
    Kevin
    0

    Hey Marc,

    Ahh okay I think I understand what you're saying about the HttpGet. Sad to say after I replaced it, the same exception didn't go away. In case this will help I'll include the hierarchy:

    -UmbracoWebAnvi

    --App_Code

    ---USN Controllers

    ----AnviPayorListController.cs

    ---USNModels

    ----AnviPayorListViewModel.cs

    --Views

    ---Partials

    ----USNListings

    -----GetPayors.cshtml

    ---AnviPayorSearchPage.cshtml

    Thank you helping me out!

  • Marc Goodson 2155 posts 14408 karma points MVP 9x c-trib
    Aug 11, 2018 @ 12:52
    Marc Goodson
    1

    Hi Kevin

    Which version of Umbraco are you using?

    I have spun up a copy of Umbraco 7.11 and I have added a 'AnviPayorListController to the App_Code folder:

    enter image description here

    and then in my view I write out the action like so:

    enter image description here

    When I visit the page, I hit the 'breakpoint' in the GetPayors() method successfully!

    If you are not using Visual Studio and can't set a breakpoint to debug - see that I'm returning a Content("<h2>hello world</h2>") message!

    What would be interesting to know is if you are able to do the same, eg write out in the view the Html.Action to call the Surfacecontroller action, and hit a breakpoint within the actionresult or return the simple hello world message - just to confirm all is wired up correctly on the controller-actionfront, and therefore that the error you now have is connected with the implementation of the Partial View.

    regards

    Marc

  • Kevin 18 posts 108 karma points
    Aug 13, 2018 @ 16:29
    Kevin
    0

    Hey Marc,

    I'm using Umbraco 7.10.4.

    I've placed the breakpoint, gone to the page, and I have not successfully hit my breakpoint. Here are some pictures.

    In my AnviPayorListController.cs:

    Breakpoint

    In my AnviPayorListSearchPage.cshtml:

    Exception

    Still lost at what's going on. Hopefully sometime in the future this trouble may end up helping someone else.

  • Marc Goodson 2155 posts 14408 karma points MVP 9x c-trib
    Aug 13, 2018 @ 19:00
    Marc Goodson
    1

    Hi Kevin

    Just a thought, wondering if there is another version of the AnviPayorListController cached or somewhere else in your project...

    ... straws clutching...

    Can you try to rename your surface controller to

    AnviPayorList2Controller

    and update your Html.Action to be

    @Html.Action("GetPayors","AnviPayorList2")

    ???

    regards

    Marc

  • Kevin 18 posts 108 karma points
    Aug 13, 2018 @ 20:16
    Kevin
    0

    Still no dice on the change after the AnviPayorList2Controller and Html.Action update.

    Same exception. Same controller path '/payor-list/' (the link assigned in the info tab of the backoffice) was not found.

  • Marc Goodson 2155 posts 14408 karma points MVP 9x c-trib
    Aug 13, 2018 @ 23:15
    Marc Goodson
    0

    Hi Kevin

    Do you have a namespace for the surface controller?

    enter image description here

    regards

    Marc

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