--- title: Creating a generic Linq to SQL ModelBinder for the... description: A walkthrough shows how to build a generic LinqToSqlBinder for ASP.NET MVC that lets action methods accept Linq to SQL entity types directly (e.g., a Person... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/creating-a-generic-linq-to-sql-modelbinder-for-the-asp-net-mvc-framework-yx6bu6jpv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Creating a generic Linq to SQL ModelBinder for the ASP.NET MVC framework | daily.dev og:description: A walkthrough shows how to build a generic LinqToSqlBinder for ASP.NET MVC that lets action methods accept Linq to SQL entity types directly (e.g., a Person... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/creating-a-generic-linq-to-sql-modelbinder-for-the-asp-net-mvc-framework-yx6bu6jpv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/YX6Bu6JPv.png og:image:alt: Creating a generic Linq to SQL ModelBinder for the ASP.NET MVC framework og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Creating a generic Linq to SQL ModelBinder for the ASP.NET MVC framework **[Maarten Balliauw](https://daily.dev/sources/maartenballiauw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A walkthrough shows how to build a generic LinqToSqlBinder for ASP.NET MVC that lets action methods accept Linq to SQL entity types directly (e.g., a Person parameter) instead of a raw id, automatically querying the DataContext based on the request value. The binder uses Linq to SQL metadata to discover table names, columns, and primary keys, then builds and executes a dynamic SQL query to fetch the matching entity. The author provides downloadable example code and explicitly warns the query-building approach is vulnerable to SQL injection and not production-ready. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Rails to ASP.NET Core: A Developer's Map](https://daily.dev/posts/rails-to-asp-net-core-a-developer-s-map-bwpvb7n8j) · Khalid Abuhakmeh · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Dapper in Depth with ASP.NET Core 10](https://daily.dev/posts/dapper-in-depth-with-asp-net-core-10-oad4bk2bw) · C\# Corner · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [One Language to Rule Them? 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