StackOverFlowException when using @html.Action()

Question

I am receiving a weird error message when i try and use @Html.Action() in my view?

here is the view code:

@Html.Action("Index", "Clients")

And here is the controller:

public class ClientsController : Controller
{
    private ROUTING_DBV6Entities db = new ROUTING_DBV6Entities();

    // GET: Clients
    public async Task<ActionResult> Index()
    {
        return View(await db.Clients.ToListAsync());
    }
}

And here is the error message which I have recieved:

{Cannot evaluate expression because the current thread is in a stack overflow state.}

Where are you calling `@Html.Action("Index", "Clients")`? Perhaps [this question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5613324/html-action-causes-a-stackoverflowexception) is your issue? — Henk Mollema, Jul 09 '14 at 09:57
You have created an infinite loop. `@Html.Action("Index", "Clients")` calls the `ClientsController.Index` which then calls the View Index which then calls `@Html.Action("Index", "Clients")`. Maybe you wanted an action link. — Aron, Jul 09 '14 at 09:58
Have a look at partials referencing Index, that might casue a never ending story. — BanksySan, Jul 09 '14 at 09:59
@Aron that makes sense, all I want is the html url to put inside my A tag — Zapnologica, Jul 09 '14 at 09:59
@Zapnologica use this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/200476/html-actionlink-method — Aron, Jul 09 '14 at 10:01
Side note: Do not forget to dispose your `ROUTING_DBV6Entities`. — Silvermind, Jul 09 '14 at 10:09
@Silvermind Unless Zapnologica is taking the dangerous route of a shared context — Paul Zahra, Jul 09 '14 at 10:17
What I don't get is why is it calling it recursively? i'm not clicking on it? It should just render in the view? How do I get @Html.ActionLink without it giving me the element ? — Zapnologica, Jul 09 '14 at 11:49

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 22 '17 at 19:06

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Are you calling this from _Layout.cshtml?

try returning a partial view - return PartialView(await db.Clients.ToListAsync());

or add this to the clients view @{ Layout = null; }

answered Mar 22 '17 at 19:06

Libin M

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