Display SQL table with Umbraco MVC - sql

Question

I need to deliver something today and I am really stuck.
My goal is to show data from a table in Umbraco MVC (I am new to it)
Do I need to create a controller?
Because All I did was create a Document type in Umbraco with a Template.
This is what I have in my Model:
public class RechargeModel
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public string Username { get; set; }
public string Email { get; set; }
}
This is on my template:
#using Repower.Cms.Umbraco.Models;
#using Umbraco.Core.Persistence;
#{
using (var ipDb = new Database("UmbracoCMS"))
{
RechargeModel recharge;
recharge = ipDb.Fetch<RechargeModel>(new Sql().Select("TOP 100").From("umbracoUsers"));
}
}
I am getting an error saying that he cant convert type List to RechargeModel.
This is my HTML which I want to place on my page but I don't if I need to place it also inside the template or not or where to put it:
#model IEnumerable<Repower.Cms.Umbraco.Models.RechargeModel>
<table class="table table-hover">
<thead>
<tr>
<td>User Name</td>
<td>User Login</td>
<td>User Email</td>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
#{
foreach (var item in Model)
{
<tr>
<td>#item.Name</td>
<td>#item.Username</td>
<td>#item.Email</td>
</tr>
}
}
</tbody>
</table>
Could someone please help? Also what about the rest of the code?
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

You can access the current database using ApplicationContext.Current.DatabaseContext.Database rather than newing up a Database object.
The issue is that .Fetch() returns an List (array) of RechargeModel, where as you are trying to assign this list to a single RechargeModel.
Either use:
var database = ApplicationContext.Current.DatabaseContext.Database;
var recharges = database.Fetch<RechargeModel>(new Sql().Select("TOP 100").From("umbracoUsers"));
Or change your variable so it accepts a List:
var database = ApplicationContext.Current.DatabaseContext.Database;
List<RechargeModel> recharges = null;
recharges = database.Fetch<RechargeModel>(new Sql().Select("TOP 100").From("umbracoUsers"));
Either way, you can then iterate over this list in your view:
#foreach (var recharge in recharges )
{
<tr>
<td>#recharge.Name</td>
<td>#recharge.Username</td>
<td>#recharge.Email</td>
</tr>
}