Cannot code along easily with the lecture

[PostalMike]

Cannot code along easily with the lecture

[amenefus]

Dear PostalMike,
I also had this issue with the model Reviews which gives you the drop down list to AlbumsID & Albums title.
notice that they edited the controller to do so.
read the code on the controller section:
`
public ActionResult Index()
{
// added lamda expression to include Album in the list.
var reviews = db.Reviews.Include(r => r.Album);
return View(reviews.ToList());
}

    // GET: Reviews/Details/5  ** (Microsoft default stuff) **
    public ActionResult Details(int? id)
    {
        if (id == null)
        {
            return new HttpStatusCodeResult(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest);
        }
        Review review = db.Reviews.Find(id);
        if (review == null)
        {
            return HttpNotFound();
        }
        return View(review);
    }

    // GET: Reviews/Create **added create drop down list (!!) for the review controller. **
    public ActionResult Create()
    {
        ViewBag.AlbumID = new SelectList(db.Albums, "AlbumID", "Title");
        return View();
    }

    // POST: Reviews/Create
    // To protect from overposting attacks, please enable the specific properties you want to bind to, for 
    // more details see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=317598.
    [HttpPost]
    [ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
    // again with binding it 
    public ActionResult Create([Bind(Include = "ReviewID,AlbumID,Contents,ReviewerEmail")] Review review)
    {
        if (ModelState.IsValid)
        {
            db.Reviews.Add(review);
            db.SaveChanges();
            return RedirectToAction("Index");
        }
       //this is a view state which will give you the state itself of what you created with the album props
        ViewBag.AlbumID = new SelectList(db.Albums, "AlbumID", "Title", review.AlbumID);
        return View(review);
    }

    // GET: Reviews/Edit/5
    public ActionResult Edit(int? id)
    {
        if (id == null)
        {
            return new HttpStatusCodeResult(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest);
        }
        Review review = db.Reviews.Find(id);
        if (review == null)
        {
            return HttpNotFound();
        }
        ViewBag.AlbumID = new SelectList(db.Albums, "AlbumID", "Title", review.AlbumID);
        return View(review);
    }

    // POST: Reviews/Edit/5
    // To protect from overposting attacks, please enable the specific properties you want to bind to, for 
    // more details see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=317598.
    [HttpPost]
    [ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
    public ActionResult Edit([Bind(Include = "ReviewID,AlbumID,Contents,ReviewerEmail")] Review review)
    {
        if (ModelState.IsValid)
        {
            db.Entry(review).State = EntityState.Modified;
            db.SaveChanges();
            return RedirectToAction("Index");
        }
        ViewBag.AlbumID = new SelectList(db.Albums, "AlbumID", "Title", review.AlbumID);
        return View(review);
    }

`

the relationships on the models had not been created properly by visual studio so they created it on the controller operation .

if i missed somthin let me know

Michael.