In my asp.net MVC web application, I created a model like,
[Key]
public int ID { get; set; }
[Required]
public string AccountName { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
public int ? CurrentAccountID { get; set; }
public virtual Accounts ParentAccount { get; set; }
So from the controller, I'm binding the data to the ViewBag like
var accountsGrouped = db.Accounts
.Include(x => x.ParentAccount) // Include parent accounts
.Where(x => x.Status == true && x.CompanyID == CompanyID)
.OrderBy(x => x.ParentAccount.AccountName)
.GroupBy(x => x.ParentAccount.AccountName) // Group by parent account name
.ToList();
ViewBag.AccountsGrouped = accountsGrouped;
Then I manually create the selected element and the option and optgroup elements:
<div class="col-sm-8">
<select id="AccountTypes" name="CurrentAccountID" class="form-select acctype" required oninvalid="this.setCustomValidity('Please Select the Account Type')" oninput="this.setCustomValidity('')">
<option value="">--Select Account Type--</option>
@foreach (var group in ViewBag.AccountsGrouped)
{
<optgroup label="@group.Key"> <!-- group.Key is the parent AccountName -->
@foreach (var item in group)
{
<option value="@item.ID">@item.AccountName</option>
}
</optgroup>
}
</select>
</div>
But here in @group.Key returns an error object' does not contain a definition for 'key'
But when I debug the code, I can see the data of group.Key as "Bank Account". But still, it says as an error.