Absolute (External) URLs Using Html.ActionLink

Question

I cannot get Html.ActionLink to create absolute urls.

Html.ActionLink(DataBinder.Eval(c.DataItem, "Name").ToString(), DataBinder.Eval(c.DataItem, "Path").ToString()) 

This correctly pulls data from my model, but adds the path to the end of the current page, creating URLs such as "http: // localhost: 24590 / www.google.com"

How can I make it work as I want?

Answer 1

Use an absolute URL starting with ie http:// .

 <a href="www.google.com"></a> 

would have the same result because it is a relative url.

Answer 2

This works for me:

 <a href="http://@Model.URL"> Click Here </a>