Is viewbag the best option?

Asked Apr 27 '12 at 15:46

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I am trying to construct an @Html.ActionLink to return to a previous page but to return to the previous page I need to pass in an id parameter.

ShowController/Details list a film defined by a int id, within this list is a link to go and look at the director details:

@Html.ActionLink( "(Director Bio)", "Index", "Director", new { searchString = item.Director.Name }, null)

When the user wants to go back to the film the StoreController/Details ActionResult is waiting for an int it.

I have tried to pass in the id to a viewBag:

     public ActionResult Details(int id)
    {
        var item = from s in db.Shows.Where(si => si.ShowId == id) select s;

        ViewBag.id = id;

        return View(item);
    }

And this shows fine in the Details view I cannot pick it up in the DirectorController/Index view to use in the actionLink, what do I do?

edited May 18 '13 at 22:01

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asked Apr 27 '12 at 15:46

Spangle

Why not simply do a `javascript:history.go(-1)'`? – Tejs Apr 27 '12 at 15:49
possible duplicate here, which had an answer for going back in MVC http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1325133/back-button-functionality-using-asp-net-mvc – Chris Apr 27 '12 at 15:49
@Tejs, simple and straight to the point I will use js – Spangle Apr 27 '12 at 15:57

Is viewbag the best option?

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