Redirecting from cshtml page

Question

I want to redirect to a different view depending on the result of a dataset, but I keep getting returned to the page I am currently on, and can\'t work out why. I drop into

Answer 1

Would be safer to do this.

@{ Response.Redirect("~/Account/LogIn?returnUrl=Products");}

So the controller for that action runs as well, to populate any model the view needs.

Source
Redirect from a view to another view

Although as @Satpal mentioned, I do recommend you do the redirecting on your controller.

Answer 2

Change to this:

@{ Response.Redirect("~/HOME/NoResults");}

Answer 3

You can go to method of same controller..using this line , and if you want to pass some parameters to that action it can be done by writing inside ( new { } ).. Note:- you can add as many parameter as required.

@Html.ActionLink("MethodName", new { parameter = Model.parameter })

Answer 4

This clearly is a bad case of controller logic in a view. It would be better to do this in a controller and return the desired view.

[ChildActionOnly]
public ActionResult Results() 
{
    EnumerableRowCollection<DataRow> custs = ViewBag.Customers;
    bool anyRows = custs.Any();

    if(anyRows == false)
    {
        return View("NoResults");
    }
    else
    {
        return View("OtherView");
    }
}

Modify NoResults.cshtml to a Partial.

And call this as a Partial view in the parent view

@Html.Partial("Results")

You might have to pass the Customer collection as a model to the Result action or in a ViewDataDictionary due to reasons explained here: Can't access ViewBag in a partial view in ASP.NET MVC3

The ChildActionOnly attribute will make sure you cannot go to this page by navigating and that this view must be rendered as a partial, thus by a parent view. cfr: Using ChildActionOnly in MVC