Cannot perform runtime binding on a null reference MVC

Asked May 13 '14 at 09:21

Active May 16 '14 at 19:27

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I am trying to represent whether user has a valid email address in a MVC html document. It seems fairly straight forward, but I keep bumping into the same error.

Server Error in '/' Application. Cannot perform runtime binding on a null reference

Exception Details: Microsoft.CSharp.RuntimeBinder.RuntimeBinderException: Cannot perform runtime binding on a null reference

Source Error:

 (html document) 

Line 31:     {
Line 32:         <div>
Line 33:             <p>@string.Format(Model.User.FirstName)</p>;
Line 34:         </div>
Line 35:     }

In the 'User' model:

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the full name.
    /// </summary>
    public string FullName
    {
        get
        {
            return string.Format("{0} {1}", this.FirstName, this.LastName);
        }
    }

In the model:

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the user.
    /// </summary>
    public User User { get; set; }

Does anyone have any ideas why this might occur?

Thankyou in advance

edited May 16 '14 at 19:27

tereško

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asked May 13 '14 at 09:21

user3395937

Are you sure that your User property is never null? – Bertrand C. May 13 '14 at 09:24
The user is set to the current session user, the user wouldn't even be able to log in if it was null. – user3395937 May 13 '14 at 09:26
well is the first name or last name null? – Ric May 13 '14 at 09:26
I had it working at some stage, then all of a sudden this error popped up, and hasn't gone away! – user3395937 May 13 '14 at 09:27
well something is null, debug and find out. – Ric May 13 '14 at 09:27
The first name and last name are definitely not null. – user3395937 May 13 '14 at 09:28
should this line: `@string.Format(Model.User.FirstName)` be `@Html.Raw(Model.User.FullName)`? – Pete May 13 '14 at 09:31
Good spotting, but unfortunately either way the error still appears – user3395937 May 13 '14 at 09:32
Model is null or User is null or FisrtName one of them is null for sure – Ehsan Sajjad May 13 '14 at 09:33

Cannot perform runtime binding on a null reference MVC

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