How to deal with inherited entity in EF and MVC app? - asp.net-mvc-3

Question

I am developing MVC application and using razor syntax.
I have used model first method.
I have two entities, Customer and Lead. Lead is inherited from Customer.
When IsActive property is true then Customer treated as a Lead, otherwise it will be a customer.
Please check edmx file image.
When I genrated DB from model , I get the two tables Customer Table and Customer_Lead
table.
This is Customer table.
and This is Customer_Lead Table.
Now the problem is when I run index view of lead entity , Its give the error.
The model item passed into the dictionary is of type
PagedList.PagedList1[CRMEntities.Customer], but this dictionary
requires a model item of type
PagedList.IPagedList1[CRMEntities.Lead].
I am getting confused abt how to write a view for the entity which is inherited from other entity and how to access the data from these two tables while working with inherited entity.
Index View code is as below...
#model PagedList.IPagedList<CRMEntities.Lead>
#{
ViewBag.Title = "Index";
}
<h2>Index</h2>
<p>
#Html.ActionLink("Create New", "Create")
</p>
<table>
<tr>
<th>
Status
</th>
<th>
IsQualified
</th>
<th>
Name
</th>
<th>
Address
</th>
<th>
OfficePhone1
</th>
<th>
Website
</th>
<th>
Email2
</th>
<th>
Email1
</th>
<th>
FaxNo
</th>
<th>
Remark
</th>
<th>
Rating
</th>
<th>
BusinessType
</th>
<th>
IsActive
</th>
</tr>
#foreach (var item in Model) {
<tr>
<td>
#Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Status)
</td>
<td>
#Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.IsQualified)
</td>
<td>
#Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Name)
</td>
<td>
#Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Address)
</td>
<td>
#Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.OfficePhone1)
</td>
<td>
#Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Website)
</td>
<td>
#Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Email2)
</td>
<td>
#Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Email1)
</td>
<td>
#Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.FaxNo)
</td>
<td>
#Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Remark)
</td>
<td>
#Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Rating)
</td>
<td>
#Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.BusinessType)
</td>
<td>
#Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.IsActive)
</td>
<td>
#Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", new { id=item.Id }) |
#Html.ActionLink("Details", "Details", new { id=item.Id }) |
#Html.ActionLink("Delete", "Delete", new { id=item.Id })
</td>
</tr>
}
</table>
I have following code in index...
public ViewResult Index()
{
var LeadList = (from c in db.Customers
where (c.IsActive == true)
orderby (c.Id)
select c);
//What should I return ?
}

Answer 1

Your view looks fine, but you're trying to pass a list of Customers to it. Try getting a list of Lead customers from context.
public ActionResult Index()
{
...
var leadList = db.Customers.OfType<CRMEntities.Lead>().Where(c => c.IsActive).OrderBy(c => c.Id);
return View(leadList);
}