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Jean-François Beaulieu
Jean-François Beaulieu

Reputation: 4445

Kendo UI - InvalidOperationException: A circular reference was detected while serializing an object of type

Posted 3 hours ago (permalink)

I am getting the following error when binding my Model to a Kendo Grid.

A circular reference was detected while serializing an object of type [my type]

What is strange is that the type of the object that is causing the circular reference is not the same as the type of object of the Model for this page... ie:

@model IEnumerable<Models.Type>

Is not the same type that is causing this error. What could be the problem?

Here is the code that is generating this exception:

@(Html.Kendo().Grid(Model)
    .Name("Grid")
    .Columns(columns =>
    {
        columns.Bound(p => p.Name).Groupable(false);
    })
    .Pageable()
    .Sortable()
    .Scrollable()
    .Filterable()  
    .DataSource(dataSource => dataSource      
        .Ajax()
        .ServerOperation(false)      
     )
)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5405

Answers (3)

Atanas Korchev
Atanas Korchev

Reputation: 30671

A known exception. Check here: https://docs.telerik.com/aspnet-mvc/helpers/grid/troubleshoot/known-exceptions#circular-reference-detected-while-serializing-an-object-of-type

Upvotes: 3

user1313419
user1313419

Reputation: 1

You want to select the only properties you need into an anonymous type, or to a class with only the properties you need defined.

It's attempting to serialize references to other tables that are part of your model.

Upvotes: 0

Petur Subev
Petur Subev

Reputation: 20203

This issue is N1 starting problem and discussed on many forums. I suggest you to start with the documentation troubleshooting topic.

Upvotes: 0

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