Multiple partial views on one main asp.net

Question

trying to put a strongly typed partial view on a homepage in asp.net but it wont seem to work it, here is my code

new to asp.net and partial views.

Controller :

    public ActionResult VenuePartial()
    {
        ViewData["Message"] = _entities.VenuePartialList();
        return View();
    }

Repository :

    public IEnumerable<Venue> VenuePartialList()
    {
        var list = from s in _entities.Venue
                   orderby s.name ascending
                   select s;
        return list.ToList();
    }

IRepository :

    IEnumerable<Venue> VenuePartialList();

Index Page :

   <%Html.RenderPartial("~/Views/Venue/VenuePartial.ascx");%>

Any help would be grateful asap please regards T

Answer 1

Maybe you need to pass a model to this partial:

<% Html.RenderPartial("~/Views/Venue/VenuePartial.ascx", ViewData["Message"]); %>

And by the way WTF are you using ViewData["Message"] to pass a model instead of using a model and a strongly typed view:

public ActionResult VenuePartial()
{
    return View(_entities.VenuePartialList());
}

and then:

<% Html.RenderPartial("~/Views/Venue/VenuePartial.ascx", Model); %>

This obviously assumes that your partial is strongly typed to IEnumerable<Venue>. If it is typed to a single Venue you might also consider using Editor/Display Templates. So in your main view:

<%= Html.DisplayForModel() %>

and in the corresponding display template (~/Views/Shared/DisplayTemplates/Venue.ascx):

<%@ Control 
    Language="C#" 
    Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl<AppName.Models.Venue>" %>
<span>
    <%= Html.DisplayFor(x => x.SomePropertyOfVenue) %>
</span>

and now the display template will be rendered for each item of the model collection.