How to pass values from controller to view in asp.net?

Question

I am developing an application where I need to pass the value of username from a controller to a view. i tried ViewData as given in http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.mvc.viewdatadictionary.aspx

My code in controller is

public ActionResult Index(string UserName, string Password)
{
        ViewData["UserName"] = UserName;
        return View();
}

where username and password are obtained from another form.

And the code in the view is

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Index";  
}
<h2>Index</h2>
<%= ViewData["UserName"] %>

But when I run this code, the display shows <%= ViewData["UserName"] %> instead of the actual username say, for example "XYZ".

How should I display the actual UserName?

Thank you very much in advance for your help.

Travis Heeter · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-27 11:53:47Z

13

You're using razor syntax here but you're trying to mix it with older asp.net syntax, use

@ViewData["UserName"]

instead

Also, normally you wouldn't use the view bag to pass data to the view. Standard practice is to create a model (a standard class) with all of the bits of data your View (page) wants then pass that model to the view from your controller (return View(myModel);)

To do this you also need to declare the type of model you're using in your view

@model Full.Namespace.To.Your.MyModel

read http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/gg618479 for a basic mvc models tutorial

edited May 27, 2015 at 11:53

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Phil Klein · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-06 04:26:42Z

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It appears that you're using the Razor View Engine rather than the Web Forms View Engine. Try the following instead:

@{ 
    ViewBag.Title = "Index";   
} 
<h2>Index</h2> 
@ViewData["UserName"]

answered Jan 6, 2012 at 4:26

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Steven Licht · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-07 01:25:07Z

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The 'ViewBag' is a holdover from MVC2. MVC3 development should use strongly typed 'ViewModel's.

answered Jan 7, 2012 at 1:25

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