private SelectList PopulateLocationsDDL()
{
List <ILocationInfoDO> databaseLocations = _LocationAccess.ViewAllLocations();
List <LocationPO> mappedLocations = LocationMap.MapDOtoPO(databaseLocations);
List <LocationPO> locationList = new List <LocationPO>();
//add dummy location for "default" on dropdown, otherwise it sets to ACTUAL location
locationList.Add(new LocationPO()
{
LocationID = 0, LocationName = " -- Please choose a Location --"
});
locationList.AddRange(mappedLocations);
return(new SelectList(locationList, "LocationID", "LocationName"));
}
public ActionResult ViewLocations()
{
LocationVM newVM = new LocationVM();
try
{
List <ILocationInfoDO> locationData = _LocationAccess.ViewAllLocations();
newVM.LocationList = LocationMap.MapDOtoPO(locationData);
}
catch (Exception)
{
newVM.ErrorMessage = "There was an issue obtaining the list";
}
finally
{
///nothing else needs to happen
}
return(View(newVM));
}