MVC3 Controller.Redirect(string)

Question

I have a private function like this in my controller.

private UserDetails GetUserDetails(int userid)
{
    ...
    if (some condition check is false)
        Redirect("some other page in a different subdomain");

    return userDetails;
}

If the condition fails, Redirect statement is executed, but the execution doesn't stop. userDetails is returned to the calling function. There is no redirect to some other page.

How can I force the redirect?

Answer 1

Redirect returns a result - you're meant to use it from within an Action method as follows:

public ActionResult MyAction() 
{
    if (check is false) 
    {
        return Redirect("other url");
    }
    // this code won't get executed after redirect
}

It looks like you should return null from the function you posted above, then check for null and return Redirect("...") if GetUserDetails returned null.