[Solved] Grid build timing out

[Allen]

Hi,

since the demo I downloaded has not worked, and I have not received any comment from Telerik on this whist trying to evaluate,
I started working up my own example from the Telerik documentation to see how the grid compares for our usage with DevExpress.
I am having an issue however in that the grid is never getting built as it simply times out. Here are details:

Using this as guidance:  http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-mvc/telerik-ui-components-grid-data-binding-server-binding.html

(1) - created new MVC project
(2) - added EDMX diagram pointing to an existing database (MyDataEntities)
(3) - on the EDMX right-click, ran "add code generation item" to create models from existing tables
(4) - now want to use the default server side grid control

In controller, added this:

        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            ViewBag.Message = "Welcome to Main Menu";
            MyDataEntities ID = new MyDataEntities();
            return View(ID);

        }

in View, added this:

@{Html.Telerik().Grid(Model)
    .Name("Training_Course")
    .Pageable()
    .Sortable();     
  } 


If I put in breakpoint and examine "  IsolateDataEntities ID = new IsolateDataEntities();" (in index) I can see that its connected
successfuly and pulling data. I step through all the way and it goes fine until it hits the View (Html.Telerik()), then it hangs for
ages and eventually times out with error: "System.StackOverflowException was unhandled"

Any assistance from Telerik on getting a simple demo working to evaluate their products????

Allen.

[Atanas Korchev]

Hi Allen,

The grid needs IEnumerable<T> or IQueryable<T> as a datasource. You also need to call the Render() method of the grid if it is used inside a @{ } block. You don't need Render if you use @( ... )

I am sending a working project showing how to bind the grid to the Orders table of the Northwind database using Entity Framework.

Regards,

Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team