ASP.NET MVC: Passing a string to a view - asp.net-mvc

Question

I have a controller that looks like this:
public class PersonController : Controller
{
public ActionResult Result()
{
var s = new PersonResult();
s = GetPerson(ViewBag.PersonInfo);
return View(s);
}
[...]
}
The controller calls the view Result which looks like this:
#model My.Class.Library.DTO.PersonController
#if (Model != null && Model.Persons.Count > 0)
{
#Html.Partial("Persons", #Model.Persons)
}
So the model can hold many Persons. Persons is sent to its own view like this (view Persons):
#using My.Class.Library.DTO
#model List<Person>
<section>
#foreach (Person person in #Model)
{
#Html.Partial("Person", person)
}
</section>
So I'm sending each Person person to my view Person. And in that view I'm drawing each Person like so:
#model Person
#if (Model.Fields.TryGetValue("description", out description)
{
var descSplit = description.Split('#');
foreach (string s in descSplit)
{
<div class="row-fluid">
<div class="span2">Person</div>
<div class="span10">#s</div>
</div>
}
}
But instead of doing that, I want to pass the string s to its own view. Something like this:
#model Person
#if (Model.Fields.TryGetValue("description", out description)
{
var descSplit = description.Split('#');
<section>
#foreach (string s in descSplit)
{
#Html.Partial("Description", s)
}
</section>
}
But "s" is just a primitive type: a string. How do I pass that to my view "Description"? What should my view "Description" look like? I'm thinking something like this:
#model string
<div class="row-fluid">
<div class="span2"><b>TEST</b></div>
<div class="span10">#s</div>
</div>
But that's not correct... What should my model be and how can I present the string (s) that I'm sending from the other view?

Answer 1

Your code looks right but in your partial view, try using the Model property.
#model string
<div class="row-fluid">
<div class="span2"><b>TEST</b></div>
<div class="span10">#Model</div>
</div>
When you strongly type your Views/PartialViews, you have to use the Model property to read the value you have passed as a Model to this View/PartialView.