[Solved] MVC Grid Binding to Entity Framework

[Bob]

Ok, day one of trying the grid. 

I am trying to start simple. I want to bind the grid to an EF table and show the data. Well, the grid comes up but I get no data.

I'm using MVC3 with the version of Telerik I get from NuGet. 

The view is pretty simple:

@{
    Html.Telerik().Grid(Model)
        .Name("CompanyGrid")
        .PrefixUrlParameters(false)
        .Pageable()
        .Sortable()
        .Filterable()
        .Render();
}

The index method in the controller is:

public ActionResult Index()
        {
            return View(_context.TransCommons);
        }

The grid shows up, but there is no data in it. 

BOb

[Georgi Tunev]

Hello Bob,

Could you please check if _context.TransCommons actually contains data? The grid will not show any data if the result set is empty.

Regards,
Georgi Tunev
the Telerik team

[Bob]

Yes, the table has about 300k rows in it. 

I got it to work.. not sure what I was doing wrong.

BTW: Does this work with non strongly typed views? I got an error when I didn't add the @model declaration to the view. I figure maybe I have to cast model somehow?

BOb

[Georgi Tunev]

Hi again Bob,

 Generally speaking, you should either specify @model or as an alternative - cast the Model property (i.e. @{Html.Telerik().Grid((IEnumerable<T>)Model) )

Kind regards,
Georgi Tunev
the Telerik team