MVC 5 - How to pull emdx data from controller to view - entity-framework

Question

New to MVC! I can pull data from my Database first Entity Framework model (emdx) just fine... Works Great - Coolest thing ever! But I have 2 questions:
1) I cannot get the data back to my view. (I want to display the security question (being returned from my stored proc in my DB First Entity Data Model - emdx) and allow the user to answer the question.
2) I also can't seem to redirect to a view in a different view folder (from the "View\Account" folder to the "View\Home" folder.
I'm pretty sure this is easy and I'm just missing something basic.
Here is my MVC controller code:
public ActionResult Login(LoginViewModel model, string returnUrl)
{
string strEncr = "";
try
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
//Create Hash with Salt for For New PWs
strEncr = Helper.ComputeHash(model.Password, "SHA512", null);
string DBPW = "";
string encryptedPassword = "";
try
{
using (var context = new WMSEntities1())
{
encryptedPassword = context.users
.Where(u => u.emailAddress == model.Username)
.Select(u => u.password)
.SingleOrDefault();
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
}
//Test for match of PW between User and what's stored in DB
bool flag = Helper.VerifyHash(model.Password, "SHA512", encryptedPassword);
var loginInfo = databaseManager.LoginAndGetSecQuestion(model.Username, encryptedPassword).ToList();
// Verification.
if (loginInfo != null && loginInfo.Count() > 0)
{
// Initialization.
var logindetails = loginInfo.First();
// Login In.
this.SignInUser(logindetails.emailAddress, false);
ViewBag.SecurityQuestion = logindetails.securityQuestion;
// Info.
return View("~/Views/Home/Index.cshtml", loginInfo);
// return this.RedirectToLocal(returnUrl);
}
else
{
// Setting.
ModelState.AddModelError(string.Empty, "Invalid username or password.");
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// Info
Console.Write(ex);
}
// If we got this far, something failed, redisplay form
return this.View(model);
}
Here is my code snipets in my view:
#*#model System.Data.DataSet*#
#model AodNetIntegration.LoginAndGetSecQuestion_Result
#{
ViewBag.Title = "Doc Center Login Screen";
}
#*<h2>#ViewBag.Title.</h2>http://asmak9.blogspot.com/2016/03/aspnet-mvc5-integrating-existing.html
<h3>#ViewBag.Message</h3>*#
#using (Html.BeginForm("LoginStage2", "Account", new { ReturnUrl = ViewBag.ReturnUrl }, FormMethod.Post, new { #class = "form-horizontal", role = "form" }))
{
#Html.AntiForgeryToken()
<table cellspacing="5" style="width: 293px;">
<tr>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
#Html.ValidationSummary(true, "", new { #class = "text-danger" })
#Html.LabelFor(m => m.securityQuestion, new { #class = "col-md-2 control-label, width= 50" })
#Html.DisplayFor(m => m.securityQuestion, new { #class = "col-md-2 control-label, width= 50" })
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.securityQuestion, "", new { #class = "text-danger" })<br />
#Html.LabelFor(m => m.securityQuestionAnswer, new { #class = "col-md-2 control-label" })
#Html.PasswordFor(m => m.securityQuestionAnswer, new { #class = "form-control" })
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.securityQuestionAnswer, "", new { #class = "text-danger" })
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" style="text-align: right;">
<input type="submit" value="Submit" class="btn btn-default" />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
Here is the error I get:
When it goes back to the Index page:
The model item passed into the dictionary is of type 'System.Collections.Generic.List`1[AodNetIntegration.LoginAndGetSecQuestion_Result]', but this dictionary requires a model item of type 'AodNetIntegration.LoginAndGetSecQuestion_Result'.
Controller Model Method:
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// <auto-generated>
// This code was generated from a template.
//
// Manual changes to this file may cause unexpected behavior in your application.
// Manual changes to this file will be overwritten if the code is regenerated.
// </auto-generated>
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
namespace AodNetIntegration
{
using System;
public partial class LoginAndGetSecQuestion_Result
{
public int userID { get; set; }
public string firstName { get; set; }
public string lastName { get; set; }
public string securityQuestion { get; set; }
public string emailAddress { get; set; }
public string securityQuestionAnswer { get; set; }
}
}
Thanks,

Answer 1

Your query (var loginInfo = databaseManager....) is returning a collection of LoginAndGetSecQuestion_Result, not a single object, and you then return that collection to the view using
return View("~/Views/Home/Index.cshtml", loginInfo);
but you view expects a single LoginAndGetSecQuestion_Result object, not a collection.
You code should be
return View("~/Views/Home/Index.cshtml", logindetails);
However you can simplify your code by modifying the query to return a single object and testing for null
var loginInfo = databaseManager.LoginAndGetSecQuestion(model.Username, encryptedPassword).FirstOrDefault();
if (loginInfo != null)
{
this.SignInUser(loginInfo.emailAddress, false);
ViewBag.SecurityQuestion = logindetails.securityQuestion;
return View("~/Views/Home/Index.cshtml", loginInfo);
}
else
{
ModelState.AddModelError(string.Empty, "Invalid username or password.");
}