public ActionResult Index()
{
List <Competition> competitions = null;
//always put CompetitionRepository inside a using block, so Dispose is called and database connection is closed.
//failure to do that could cause serious memory leak.
using (CompetitionRepository repository = new CompetitionRepository())
{
competitions = repository.GetCompetitionsCreatedByUser(UserID);
}
//if another method redirected to here show the purr message
if (TempData[ControllerHelpers.PURR] != null)
{
ViewBag.Purr = TempData[ControllerHelpers.PURR];
TempData[ControllerHelpers.PURR] = null;
}
//if the view name is the same as the name of this method (eg Index), then there is no need to
//pass name of view to View() constructor.
return(View(competitions));
}