Passing parameter to controller action from a Html.ActionLink

Question

Is there anything wrong with this html? I want to have a link in the masterpage to navigate to "CreateParts" view. I have action 'CreateParts' which have a parameter parentPartId in the controller 'PartList'.

<li id="taskAdminPartCreate" runat="server">
                                    <%= Html.ActionLink("Create New Part", "CreateParts", "PartList", new { parentPartId = 0 })%></li>

My controller action is like

public ActionResult CreateParts(int parentPartId)
    {
        HSPartList objHSPart = new HSPartList();
        objHSPart.Id = parentPartId;
        return View(objHSPart);
    }

When I click on 'Create New Part' in the menu in SiteMaster, I get exception. Please help me out of this.

dude, what the hell is runat=server doing on that poor li ? dont rape MVC :) — rouen, Nov 28 '11 at 09:52
that is not best practice, that is fundamental concept. Learn, what runat=server is doing in WebFroms, and why it is not needed in MVC. I recommend starting with some reading of "background" stuff like patterns behind WebForm and MVC — rouen, Nov 28 '11 at 13:34

score 65 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 28 '11 at 11:04

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You are using incorrect overload. You should use this overload

public static MvcHtmlString ActionLink(
    this HtmlHelper htmlHelper,
    string linkText,
    string actionName,
    string controllerName,
    Object routeValues,
    Object htmlAttributes
)

And the correct code would be

<%= Html.ActionLink("Create New Part", "CreateParts", "PartList", new { parentPartId = 0 }, null)%>

Note that extra parameter at the end. For the other overloads, visit LinkExtensions.ActionLink Method. As you can see there is no string, string, string, object overload that you are trying to use.

answered Nov 28 '11 at 11:04

archil

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You are great @archill . You saved a lot of time, thanks – Asif Mehmood Dec 22 '15 at 07:58
Thanks, i was missing null. – Jawand Singh Oct 06 '17 at 11:41

score 10 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 28 '11 at 11:04

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You are using the incorrect overload of ActionLink. Try this

<%= Html.ActionLink("Create New Part", "CreateParts", "PartList", new { parentPartId = 0 }, null)%>

answered Nov 28 '11 at 11:04

krolik

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Md. Tazbir Ur Rahman Bhuiyan · Answer 3 · 2014-07-08T04:28:20.540

Addition to the accepted answer:

if you are going to use

 @Html.ActionLink("LinkName", "ActionName", "ControllerName", new { @id = idValue, @secondParam= = 2 },null)

this will create actionlink where you can't create new custom attribute or style for the link.

However, the 4th parameter in ActionLink extension will solve that problem. Use the 4th parameter for customization in your way.

 @Html.ActionLink("LinkName", "ActionName", "ControllerName", new { @id = idValue, @secondParam= = 2 }, new { @class = "btn btn-info", @target = "_blank" })

Passing parameter to controller action from a Html.ActionLink

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