Access ViewModel fields in Edit view - asp.net-mvc

Question

My Model:
public ECmain()
{
this.Notes = new Collection<Notes>();
}
public int ID { get; set; }
public string Auth { get; set; }
public string KeyWords { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
public string URL { get; set; }
public string Category { get; set; }
public string SubCategory { get; set; }
public string Title { get; set; }
public string Live { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<Notes> Notes { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<Email> Email { get; set; }
}
public class MyViewModel
{
public IQueryable<Notes> NotesList { get; set; }
public IQueryable<ECmain> ECmainList { get; set; }
public int ECmain.ID { get; set; }
public IQueryable<Email> EmailList { get; set; }
}
My Controller:
// GET: ECmain/Edit/5
public ActionResult Edit(int? id)
{
if (id == null)
{
return new HttpStatusCodeResult(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest);
}
var viewModel = new MyViewModel
{
ECmainList = from m in db.ECmain.Take(10)
where m.ID == id
select m,
NotesList = from n in db.Notes
where n.ECmainID ==id
select n,
EmailList = from e in db.Email
where e.ECmainID ==id
select e
};
// viewModel.NotesList = new
if (viewModel == null)
{
return HttpNotFound();
}
return View(viewModel);
}
My Edit View:
#model EditSuite.Models.MyViewModel
#using (Html.BeginForm())
{
#Html.HiddenFor(model => model.ID )
I want to access the ECmainList.ID The error is
Compiler Error Message: CS1061: 'EditSuite.Models.MyViewModel' does not contain a definition for 'ID'
I tried
#Html.HiddenFor(model => model.ECmainListID.ID )
and
#Html.HiddenFor(Model.model.ECmainListID.ID )
Neither one worked.

Answer 1

It seems pretty obvious from the compiler message:
Compiler Error Message: CS1061: 'EditSuite.Models.MyViewModel' does not contain a definition for 'ID'
So where on the following model is the ID?:
public class MyViewModel
{
public IQueryable<Notes> NotesList { get; set; }
public IQueryable<ECmain> ECmainList { get; set; }
public IQueryable<Email> EmailList { get; set; }
// there is no: public int ID { get; set; } ?
}
I want to access the ECmainList.ID
However, per your model the ECmainList is a IQueryable<ECmain> and the IQueryable<T> also does not have a public property or field called ID. How can you add an editor for a ID of a list of objects? You'd need to loop through the list and have multiple ID fields.