Having trouble with display colums from 4 tables MVC 3 - asp.net

Question

I have a model as below and want to display items from 4 different table.
public class AuctionViewer
{
public int AuctionId { get; set; }
public string ProductName { get; set; }
public int Price { get; set; }
public DateTime startTime { get; set; }
public DateTime EndTime { get; set; }
public string Category { get; set; }
public int ExpectedHit { get; set; }
public string Status { get; set; }
}
Here is my controller code below.
public ActionResult Index()
{
MightyMouseContainer ctx = new MightyMouseContainer();
var NewList = new AuctionViewer
{
from CT in ctx.Categories
join PD in ctx.Items on CT.Category_ID equals PD.Category_ID
join AU in ctx.Auction_Schedule on PD.Item_ID equals AU.Item_ID
join ST in ctx.Status on AU.Status_ID equals ST.Status1
orderby AU.Auction_ID
select new
{
AuctionId = AU.Auction_ID,
ProductName = PD.Item_name,
Price= PD.Item_Value,
startTime = AU.Start_Time,
EndTime = AU.End_Time,
Category = CT.Category_Description,
Status = ST.Description
};
}
return View(NewList);
}
I wonder why is giving errors. please advise. I have been on this for quite a while and realized that I need some help to move on. I will appreciate prompt response in other to move forward. Thanks

Answer 1

Assuming your view accepts a model of IEnumerable<AuctionViewer>, you should change the select to return the strongly typed collection, e.g.:
var NewList = from CT in ctx.Categories
join PD in ctx.Items on CT.Category_ID equals PD.Category_ID
join AU in ctx.Auction_Schedule on PD.Item_ID equals AU.Item_ID
join ST in ctx.Status on AU.Status_ID equals ST.Status1
orderby AU.Auction_ID
select new AuctionViewer
{
AuctionId = AU.Auction_ID,
ProductName = PD.Item_name,
Price= PD.Item_Value,
startTime = AU.Start_Time,
EndTime = AU.End_Time,
Category = CT.Category_Description,
Status = ST.Description
};
return View(NewList);
Edit From your second error message, it seems that the view expects a List<AuctionViewer>. You can change the controller method to materialize the IQueryable as a List as follows:
var NewList = (from CT in ctx.Categories
join PD in ctx.Items on CT.Category_ID equals PD.Category_ID
join AU in ctx.Auction_Schedule on PD.Item_ID equals AU.Item_ID
join ST in ctx.Status on AU.Status_ID equals ST.Status1
orderby AU.Auction_ID
select new AuctionViewer
{
AuctionId = AU.Auction_ID,
ProductName = PD.Item_name,
Price= PD.Item_Value,
startTime = AU.Start_Time,
EndTime = AU.End_Time,
Category = CT.Category_Description,
Status = ST.Description
}).ToList();
return View(NewList);