Using a PagedList with a ViewModel ASP.Net MVC

Question

I\'m trying to using a PagedList in my ASP.Net application and I found this example on the Microsoft website http://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials/getting-started-with-ef-using-m

Answer 1

I figured out how to do this. I was building an application very similar to the example/tutorial you discussed in your original question.

Here's a snippet of the code that worked for me:

        int pageSize = 4;
        int pageNumber = (page ?? 1);
        //Used the following two formulas so that it doesn't round down on the returned integer
        decimal totalPages = ((decimal)(viewModel.Teachers.Count() /(decimal) pageSize));     
        ViewBag.TotalPages = Math.Ceiling(totalPages);  
        //These next two functions could maybe be reduced to one function....would require some testing and building
        viewModel.Teachers = viewModel.Teachers.ToPagedList(pageNumber, pageSize);
        ViewBag.OnePageofTeachers = viewModel.Teachers;
        ViewBag.PageNumber = pageNumber;

        return View(viewModel);

I added

using.PagedList;

to my controller as the tutorial states.

Now in my view my using statements etc at the top, NOTE i didnt change my using model statement.

@model CSHM.ViewModels.TeacherIndexData
@using PagedList;
@using PagedList.Mvc;

and then at the bottom to build my paged list I used the following and it seems to work. I haven't yet built in the functionality for current sort, showing related data, filters, etc but i dont think it will be that difficult.

Page @ViewBag.PageNumber of @ViewBag.TotalPages

@Html.PagedListPager((IPagedList)ViewBag.OnePageofTeachers, page => Url.Action("Index", new { page }))

Hope that works for you. Let me know if it works!!