I have downloaded an application In where I have _Layout.cshtml and in this _Layout.cshtml I am calling a Partial View _Hearder the Partial view code is as below
<div id="siteHeader">
<div class="row">
<div class="four columns">
<p class="site-title">
<a href="@Url.Action("Index", "Home")">
<img src="~/Images/rrr.png" alt="" />
</a>
</p>
</div>
<div class="eight columns">
<ul class="nav-bar">
<li><a href="#showcase" class="main">Home</a></li>
<li>@Html.ActionLink("Services","Index","Services")</li>
<li>@Html.ActionLink("News","Index","News")</li>
<li><a href="#media" class="main">For Sale</a></li>
<li><a href="#media" class="main">For Rent</a></li>
<li><a href="#media" class="main">Contact Us</a></li>
</ul>
Now I want to made this _Header to get data from data base table what should i do ? i am newby MVC developer
What I have Done :
I have done a demo project in which i have created a Menu controller and i have already add entity data model which was basically my menu table then my controller is having that code
Menu Controller :
private TestEntities testEntities = new TestEntities();
public ActionResult Index()
{
ViewBag.MenuLevel1 = this.testEntities.Menus.Where(menu=>menu.ParentId==null ).ToList();
return View();
}
and I have a Folder Inside Views Folder I have Menu Folder and in Menu folder i have Index view having below code
@Model Menu.ModelTest
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
<title>Index</title>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<ul>
@foreach (var menuLevel1 in ViewBag.MenuLevel1)
<li>@menuLevel1.Name
@if (menuLevel1.Child.Count > 0)
@foreach (var menuLevel2 in menuLevel1.Child)
<li>
@menuLevel2.Name
</li>
</body>
</html>
This runs fine i want to made this as partial view and then I want to call this partial view from _Layout , I have know how about simple Partial view but this Partial View is having Controller Action method as well so how to call This Partial view from _Layout.cshtml whatever my _Layout.cshtml is not using any Model.