ASP.Net MVC 5 and SQL Server Database

Hello,

    I am having a development issue that I cannot seem to figure out here.  So the layout is that I have a database that has multiple schemas and multiple tables that are joined giving a many to many.  I have classes that I written in C# for the MVC and when I go to make the views, I cannot seem to bind the other tables with my model.  So here is what I have:  A picture of the tables from SQL Server

Here is the Visual Studio representation from ADO EF6:

Here are the three classes for the view that I am trying to create:

Asset.cs

namespace HomeInventory.Web.Areas.Classes
{
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
    using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.Schema;
    using System.Data.Entity.Spatial;

    [Table("Asset.Asset")]
    public partial class Asset
    {
        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Usage", "CA2214:DoNotCallOverridableMethodsInConstructors")]
        public Asset()
        {
            Locations = new HashSet<Location>();
            Photos = new HashSet<Photo>();
        }

        public int AssetID { get; set; }

        [Required]
        public string AssetName { get; set; }

        [Required]
        [StringLength(50)]
        public string AssetType { get; set; }

        [StringLength(255)]
        public string AssetSerial { get; set; }

        [Column(TypeName = "datetime2")]
        public DateTime AssetDate { get; set; }

        [Column(TypeName = "money")]
        public decimal? AssetPurCost { get; set; }

        [Column(TypeName = "money")]
        public decimal? AssetValue { get; set; }

        public string AssetNotes { get; set; }

        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Usage", "CA2227:CollectionPropertiesShouldBeReadOnly")]
        public virtual ICollection<Location> Locations { get; set; }

        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Usage", "CA2227:CollectionPropertiesShouldBeReadOnly")]
        public virtual ICollection<Photo> Photos { get; set; }
    }
}

Location.cs

namespace HomeInventory.Web.Areas.Classes
{
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
    using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.Schema;
    using System.Data.Entity.Spatial;

    [Table("Common.Location")]
    public partial class Location
    {
        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Usage", "CA2214:DoNotCallOverridableMethodsInConstructors")]
        public Location()
        {
            Assets = new HashSet<Asset>();
            Books = new HashSet<Book>();
            Musics = new HashSet<Music>();
            Videos = new HashSet<Video>();
        }

        public int LocationID { get; set; }

        [Required]
        public string LocationName { get; set; }

        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Usage", "CA2227:CollectionPropertiesShouldBeReadOnly")]
        public virtual ICollection<Asset> Assets { get; set; }

        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Usage", "CA2227:CollectionPropertiesShouldBeReadOnly")]
        public virtual ICollection<Book> Books { get; set; }

        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Usage", "CA2227:CollectionPropertiesShouldBeReadOnly")]
        public virtual ICollection<Music> Musics { get; set; }

        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Usage", "CA2227:CollectionPropertiesShouldBeReadOnly")]
        public virtual ICollection<Video> Videos { get; set; }
    }
}

Photo.cs

namespace HomeInventory.Web.Areas.Classes
{
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
    using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.Schema;
    using System.Data.Entity.Spatial;

    [Table("Common.Photo")]
    public partial class Photo
    {
        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Usage", "CA2214:DoNotCallOverridableMethodsInConstructors")]
        public Photo()
        {
            Assets = new HashSet<Asset>();
            Books = new HashSet<Book>();
            Musics = new HashSet<Music>();
            Videos = new HashSet<Video>();
        }

        public int PhotoID { get; set; }

        [Required]
        [StringLength(50)]
        public string PhotoName { get; set; }

        public byte[] PhotoStorage { get; set; }

        public Guid RowGuid { get; set; }

        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Usage", "CA2227:CollectionPropertiesShouldBeReadOnly")]
        public virtual ICollection<Asset> Assets { get; set; }

        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Usage", "CA2227:CollectionPropertiesShouldBeReadOnly")]
        public virtual ICollection<Book> Books { get; set; }

        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Usage", "CA2227:CollectionPropertiesShouldBeReadOnly")]
        public virtual ICollection<Music> Musics { get; set; }

        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Usage", "CA2227:CollectionPropertiesShouldBeReadOnly")]
        public virtual ICollection<Video> Videos { get; set; }
    }
}

Here is the View:

@model HomeInventory.Web.Areas.Classes.Asset

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Add Assets";
    Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_AssetLayout.cshtml";
}

@{
    var lgrid = new WebGrid(source: ViewBag.Loca,
                            defaultSort: "LocationName",
                            rowsPerPage: 10, canSort: false,
                            pageFieldName: "pg");
}<p id="pAAddHead" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size:16px; text-align:center">Add Assets to Inventory</p>
@using (Html.BeginForm())
    {
    @Html.AntiForgeryToken()<div class="form-horizontal"><hr /><div class="form-group col-md-6">
            @Html.ValidationSummary(true, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })<div class="form-group">
                @Html.LabelFor(model => model.AssetName, htmlAttributes: new { @class = "control-label col-md-2" })<div class="col-md-4">
                    @Html.EditorFor(model => model.AssetName, new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "form-control" } })
                    @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.AssetName, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })</div></div><div class="form-group">
                @Html.LabelFor(model => model.AssetDate, htmlAttributes: new { @class = "control-label col-md-2" })<div class="col-md-4">
                    @Html.Editor("DatePicker", new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "form-control" } })
                    @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.AssetDate, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })</div></div><div class="form-group">
                @Html.LabelFor(model => model.AssetPurCost, htmlAttributes: new { @class = "control-label col-md-2" })<div class="col-md-4">
                    @Html.EditorFor(model => model.AssetPurCost, new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "form-control" } })
                    @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.AssetPurCost, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })</div></div><div class="form-group">
                @Html.LabelFor(model => model.AssetSerial, htmlAttributes: new { @class = "control-label col-md-2" })<div class="col-md-4">
                    @Html.EditorFor(model => model.AssetSerial, new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "form-control" } })
                    @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.AssetSerial, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })</div></div><div class="form-group">
                @Html.LabelFor(model => model.AssetType, htmlAttributes: new { @class = "control-label col-md-2" })<div class="col-md-4">
                    @Html.EditorFor(model => model.AssetType, new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "form-control" } })
                    @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.AssetType, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })</div></div><div class="form-group">
                @Html.LabelFor(model => model.AssetNotes, htmlAttributes: new { @class = "control-label col-md-2" })<div class="col-md-4">
                    @Html.EditorFor(model => model.AssetNotes, new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "form-control col=21 rows=5" } })
                    @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.AssetNotes, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })</div></div></div><div class="form-group col-md-6">
            @Html.ValidationSummary(true, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })<div class="form-group">
                @Html.LabelFor(model => model.AssetValue, htmlAttributes: new { @class = "control-label col-md-3" })<div class="col-md-3">
                    @Html.EditorFor(model => model.AssetValue, new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "form-control" } })
                    @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.AssetValue, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })</div></div><div class="form-group">
                @Html.LabelFor(model => model.Locations, htmlAttributes: new { @class = "control-label col-md-3" })<div class="col-md-3">
                    @lgrid.GetHtml(tableStyle: "grid", columns: lgrid.Columns(lgrid.Column(format: (Locations) => Html.CheckBox("LocationID")), lgrid.Column("LocationName", "")))
                    @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Locations, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })</div></div><div class="form-group">
                @Html.LabelFor(model => model.Photos, htmlAttributes: new { @class = "control-label col-md-3" })<div class="col-md-3">
                    @Html.Editor("File", new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "form-control" } })
                    @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Photos, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })</div></div></div><div class="form-group"><div class="col-md-offset-2 col-md-4"><input type="submit" value="Add" class="btn btn-default" /><input type="button" value="Cancel" class="btn btn-danger" /></div></div></div>
    }

@section Scripts {
    @Scripts.Render("~/bundles/jqueryval")
}

and here is the portion of the controller for that view:

public ActionResult AddAsset([Bind(Include = "AssetID,AssetName,AssetType,AssetSerial,AssetDate,AssetPurCost,AssetValue,AssetNotes")] Assets asset)

{
            if (ModelState.IsValid)
            {
                adb.Assets.Add(asset);
                await adb.SaveChangesAsync();
                return RedirectToAction("AssetMain");
            }
            {
            var _loc = new List<Location>();
            _loc = cdb.Locations
                .OrderBy(l => l.LocationName)
                .ToList();
            ViewBag.Loca = _loc;
            return View();
            }

Now first off When I generated the view it gave me the information for the Asset table everything in the view up to locations.  I had to add Locations and Photos, I cannot get any of the locations in the database to show up, though they show up in the view for creating, editing, deleting the locations, and in another view I am trying to work using the exact same code.  Plus I cannot get a file browser to show up for the photos... I have tried a few different pieces of code there, but nothing works.  I have also tried submit data to the database, because it doesn't necessarily need a photo at this time, and nothing was sent to the database.  So I am wondering where I am going wrong with this.  I guess what I thought was slightly simple has put me in way over my head.  Any help would be appreciated.

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Michael R. Mastro II