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Checking if the value of type DateTime is null in view and showing blank if null


From my controller I have passed value module to view

    public ActionResult Details(long id, string owner)
    {
        var module = _ownedModuleRepository.GetModuleDetails(id, owner);

        return View(module);
    }

I've shown the value it contains in view as follows

    <dt>ID</dt>
    <dd>@Model.Id</dd>

    <dt>Module ID</dt>
    <dd>@Model.ModuleId</dd>

     <dt>Owner</dt>
    <dd>@Model.Owner</dd>

    <dt>Module Type</dt>
    <dd>@Model.TypeName</dd>

    <dt>Module Kind</dt>
    <dd>@Model.KindName</dd>

    <dt>Ownership Start Date</dt>
    <dd>@Model.Start</dd>

    <dt>Ownership End Date</dt>
    <dd>@Model.End</dd>

    @foreach (var properties in Model.Properties)
    {
        <dt>Property Name</dt>
        <dd>@properties.Name</dd>
        <dt>Property Value</dt>
        <dd>@properties.Value</dd>
    }

Currently @Model.End is null, it is of DateTime type and I had set it to be nullable in viewmodel. Since it is null, this is what i'm getting in view

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As you can see, the value of Ownership End Date is taking the value of Property Name from below. How can I set it to empty if the @Model.End is null?

Edit 1:

My model

public class OwnedModuleDetails
{
    public long Id { get; set; }

    public string ModuleId { get; set; }

    public string Owner { get; set; }

    public string KindName { get; set; }
    public string TypeName { get; set; }

    public DateTime Start { get; set; }

    public DateTime? End { get; set; }

    public IEnumerable<Property> Properties { get; set; }
}

Method from the repository

     public OwnedModuleDetails GetModuleDetails(long id, string owner)
        {
// ReSharper disable ImplicitlyCapturedClosure
            var module = (_dbSis.OwnedModules.Where(t => t.Id == id).Select(m => new OwnedModuleDetails
// ReSharper restore ImplicitlyCapturedClosure
            {
                Id = id,
                ModuleId = m.ModuleId,
                TypeName = m.ModuleType.TypeName,
                KindName = m.ModuleType.ModuleKind.KindName,
                Owner = owner,
                Start = m.Start,
                End = m.End,
                Properties = m.PropertyConfiguration.PropertyInstances.Select(
                    x => new Property { Name = x.Property.Name, Value = x.Value })
            }));

            return (module.FirstOrDefault());
        }

Solution

  • Try adding a space:

    <dt>Ownership End Date</dt>
    <dd>
        @if (Model.End != null)
        {
            @Model.End
        }
        else
        {
            @:&nbsp;
        }
    </dd>