mvc route actionlink url use name instead of id

Question

I think I already asked this but the solution didn\'t really made sense. Anyway, I have ActionLinks on my views like this:

foreach( var item in Model){
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Answer 1

Sure, you just have to change your routing rules. Look in your Global.asax.cs file, or in your area registration file, for something like this:

routes.MapRoute(..., "{controller}/{action}/{id}", ...);

... and change it to something like this:

routes.MapRoute(..., "{controller}/{action}/{name}", ...);

Then have your action take the name instead of the ID:

Html.ActionLink(item.Name, "Details", new {item.Name})