MVC 5 getting Multiple Models into a single view - asp.net-mvc

Question

Newbie to MVC, using MVC 5 and VS 2013.
Code first from existing database, EF6
Goal:
Want to show a listing of all models from the tblModel for an MVP listed in tblMVP
Below is the current state of the project and the runtime error:
Error:
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<WebApplication2.Models.tblAccount>' does not contain a definition for 'tblModels' and no extension method 'tblModels' accepting a first argument of type System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<WebApplication2.Models.tblAccount> could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
Models:
[Table("tblMVP")]
public partial class tblMVP
{
[Key]
public int ID { get; set; }
public int AccountID { get; set; }
public virtual tblAccount tblAccount { get; set; }
}
[Table("tblModel")]
public partial class tblModel
{
[Key]
public int ID { get; set; }
public int AccountID { get; set; }
public virtual tblAccount tblAccount { get; set; }
}
[Table("tblAccount")]
public partial class tblAccount
{
public tblAccount()
{
tblModels = new HashSet();
tblMVPs = new HashSet();
}
public int ID { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection tblModels { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection tblMVPs { get; set; }
}
Controller:
// GET: MVP
public ActionResult Index()
{
var tblAccounts = db.tblAccounts.Include(t => t.tblModels).Include(t => t.tblMVPs);
return View(db.tblAccounts.ToList());
}
View
#model IEnumerable<WebApplication2.Models.tblAccount>
<table class="table">
<tr>
<th>
#Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.tblModels.partNumber)
</th>
<th>
#Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.AccountName)
</th>
</tr>
#foreach (var item in Model) {
<tr>
<td>
#Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.tblModels.partNumber)
</td>
<td>
#Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.AccountName)
</td>
</tr>
}
</table>

Answer 1

You're trying to do two different things. You have an IEnumerable<tblAccount>, which doesn't have properties, it just has a list of tblAccount.
So in the top, you're trying to get properties of the IEnumerable, but there aren't any.
In the bottom, you're iterating the IEnumerable, and getting properties of the tblAccount, which you are doing correctly.
So in the top section, you need to get a tblAccount from the IEnumerable so that you can get properties of it. Below is an example of how you can do it.
#model IEnumerable<WebApplication2.Models.tblAccount>
<table class="table">
<tr>
<th>
#Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.First().tblModels.partNumber)
</th>
<th>
#Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.First().AccountName)
</th>
</tr>

Answer 2

Ultimately this is is the bare essentials version of what worked. For better or worse a direct relationship between the tblModel and tblMVP was created and the model loading in the controller was rearranged.
Models:
[Table("tblMVP")]
public partial class tblMVP
{
public tblMVP()
{
tblModels = new HashSet();
}
public int ID { get; set; }
public int AccountID { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
public virtual tblAccount tblAccount { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection tblModels { get; set; }
}
[Table("tblModel")]
public partial class tblModel
{
[Key]
public int ModelID { get; set; }
public int AccountID { get; set; }
[Required]
[StringLength(50)]
public string partNumber { get; set; }
[StringLength(5000)]
public string description { get; set; }
public int? MVPID { get; set; }
public virtual tblMVP tblMVP { get; set; }
}
[Table("tblAccount")]
public partial class tblAccount
{
public tblAccount()
{
tblModels = new HashSet();
tblMVPs = new HashSet();
}
public int ID { get; set; }
[StringLength(150)]
public string AccountName { get; set; }
public int? AccountNumber { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection tblModels { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection tblMVPs { get; set; }
}
**Controller:**
// GET: MVP
public ActionResult Index()
{
var tblModels = db.tblModels.Include(t => t.tblAccount).Include(t => t.tblMVP).ToList();
return View(tblModels.ToList());
}
View
#model IEnumerable<MDLX_Bootstrap_V5.Models.tblModel>
<table class="table">
<tr>
<th>
#Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.tblAccount.AccountName)
</th>
<th>
#Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.partNumber)
</th>
</tr>
#foreach (var item in Model)
{
<tr>
<td>
#Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.tblAccount.AccountName)
</td>
<td>
#Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.partNumber)
</td>
</tr>
}
</table>