ASP.NET MVC Grid and EntityFramework support

[Cengiz Han]

When I am binding a EntityCollection object to the grid, it gives the invalidcastexception

LicenseInfo object contains LicenseInfoAppServerInfo object.

and I have linq query runs over entity framework.

var licenses = from lc in context.LICENSE_INFO
where lc.Customer.Id == id
select lc;
GridPropertiesModel gridModel = new GridPropertiesModel()
{
DataSource = licenses
};
ViewData["GridModel"] = gridModel;

Unable to cast object of type 'System.Data.Objects.DataClasses.EntityCollection`1[Licensing.Model.LicenseAppServerInfo]' to type 'System.Collections.IList'.

I don't want to create any other custom object like dto.

[Balaji M]

Hi Cengiz,

Thank you for your interest in syncfusion products.

I am afraid that I am unable to reproduce the reported issue. I have created a simple sample to test this issue and I am able to bind the EntityCollection object to Grid successfully and the sample is available from below link.

http://files.syncfusion.com/support/grid_mvc/Incidents/F89643/MvcSample.zip

Please have a look at the above sample and if still the issue exists, could you please try reproducing it in the above sample and send us the modified sample so that we could sort out the cause of the issue and provide you a solution?.

Please let me know if you have any concerns.

Regards,
M.Balaji.

[Balaji M]

Hi Cengiz,

Thank you for your interest in syncfusion products.

I am afraid that I am unable to reproduce the reported issue. I have created a simple sample to test this issue and I am able to bind the EntityCollection object to Grid successfully and the sample is available from below link.

http://files.syncfusion.com/support/grid_mvc/Incidents/F89643/MvcSample.zip

Please have a look at the above sample and if still the issue exists, could you please try reproducing it in the above sample and send us the modified sample so that we could sort out the cause of the issue and provide you a solution?.

Please let me know if you have any concerns.

Regards,
M.Balaji.

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