Two models in one view in ASP MVC 3

Question

I have 2 models:

public class Person
{
    public int PersonID { get; set; }
    public string PersonName { get; set; }
}
public class Order
{
    public int         


        

Answer 1

ok, everyone is making sense and I took all the pieces and put them here to help newbies like myself that need beginning to end explanation.

You make your big class that holds 2 classes, as per @Andrew's answer.

public class teamBoards{
    public Boards Boards{get; set;}
    public Team Team{get; set;}
}

Then in your controller you fill the 2 models. Sometimes you only need to fill one. Then in the return, you reference the big model and it will take the 2 inside with it to the View.

            TeamBoards teamBoards = new TeamBoards();


        teamBoards.Boards = (from b in db.Boards
                               where b.TeamId == id
                               select b).ToList();
        teamBoards.Team = (from t in db.Teams
                              where t.TeamId == id
                          select t).FirstOrDefault();

 return View(teamBoards);

At the top of the View

@model yourNamespace.Models.teamBoards

Then load your inputs or displays referencing the big Models contents:

 @Html.EditorFor(m => Model.Board.yourField)
 @Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => Model.Board.yourField, "", new { @class = "text-danger-yellow" })

 @Html.EditorFor(m => Model.Team.yourField)
 @Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => Model.Team.yourField, "", new { @class = "text-danger-yellow" })

And. . . .back at the ranch, when the Post comes in, reference the Big Class:

 public ActionResult ContactNewspaper(teamBoards teamboards)

and make use of what the model(s) returned:

string yourVariable = teamboards.Team.yourField;

Probably have some DataAnnotation Validation stuff in the class and probably put if(ModelState.IsValid) at the top of the save/edit block. . .