The model item passed into the dictionary is of type 'System.Collections.Generic.List`1[MvcApplication5.Models.Employee]', but this dictionary requires a model item of type...

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Hi,

The model item passed into the dictionary is of type 'System.Collections.Generic.List`1[MvcApplication5.Models.Employee]', but this dictionary requires a model item of type 'MvcApplication5.Models.Test1'.

I'm getting this error. Below is my code. Please tell me where i'm wrong.

Controller Class

C#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using MvcApplication5.Models;

namespace MvcApplication5.Controllers
{
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        //
        // GET: /Home/
        MvcApplication5.Models.TestEntities te = new MvcApplication5.Models.TestEntities();
        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            List<Employee> emp = te.Employees.ToList();

            return View(emp);
        }

    }
}

Model Class

C#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using MvcApplication5.Models;

namespace MvcApplication5.Models
{
    public class Test1
    {
        public int Code { get; set; }
        public string ID { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }
        public string Department { get; set; }
    }

}

View

C#

@model MvcApplication5.Models.Test1

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Index";
}

<html>
<body>
<div>
@Html.LabelFor(Model=>Model.ID.ToString())
@Html.LabelFor(Model=>Model.Code.ToString())
@Html.LabelFor(Model=>Model.Name.ToString())
@Html.LabelFor(Model=>Model.Department.ToString())

</div>
</body>
</html>

Posted 7-May-13 0:26am

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Updated 23-Jul-22 1:06am

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Jameel VM · Answer 1 · 2013-05-07T03:05:00

Change the views return model to Employee like below.The Exception is because you are returning the collection of Type Employee but the views expect type Test1. If you want to return a collection to a view you must change the view return type to IEnumerable<type> like below

C#

@model IEnumerable<yournamespace.employee>

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Index";
}
<html>
<body>
<div>
@foreach(var item in Model){
@Html.LabelFor(item.ID.ToString())
@Html.LabelFor(item.Code.ToString())
@Html.LabelFor(item.Name.ToString())
@Html.LabelFor(item.Department.ToString())
 }
</div>
</body>
</html>
</yournamespace.employee>

If you want to return a particular record in to the view use like below

C#

@model YourNameSpace.Employee
 
@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Index";
}
 
<html>
<body>
<div>
@Html.LabelFor(Model=>Model.ID.ToString())
@Html.LabelFor(Model=>Model.Code.ToString())
@Html.LabelFor(Model=>Model.Name.ToString())
@Html.LabelFor(Model=>Model.Department.ToString())
 
</div>
</body>
</html>

and also you must return Employee type in to that ActionResult not List<employee> like below

C#

public ActionResult Index()
       {
         Employee emp= te.Employees.FirstOrDefault(x=>x.id=1)

           return View(emp);
       }