Using Model type to get the Values from the FORM POST - ASP.MVC

In this article we are going to see how to get the values from the FROM POST using Model type.

HTML

@using (Html.BeginForm())

{

    @Html.ValidationSummary(true)

    <fieldset style="width:300px">

        <legend>Employee</legend>

        <br />

        <div class="editor-label">

            @Html.LabelFor(m => m.EmployeeName)

        </div>

        <div class="editor-field">

            @Html.EditorFor(m => m.EmployeeName)

            @Html.ValidationMessageFor(m=>m.EmployeeName)

        </div>

        <div class="editor-label">

            @Html.LabelFor(x => x.Country)

        </div>

        <div class="editor-field">

            @Html.EditorFor(x => x.Country)

            @Html.ValidationMessageFor(x=>x.Country)

        </div>

        <div class="editor-label">

            @Html.LabelFor(x => x.DepartmentId, "Department")

        </div>

        <div class="editor-field">

            @Html.DropDownList("DepartmentId", new List<SelectListItem>(){

    new SelectListItem(){Text="TECH",Value="1"},

    new SelectListItem(){Text="HR",Value="2"},

    new SelectListItem(){Text="Finance",Value="3"}

    }, "Select Department")

    @Html.ValidationMessageFor(x=>x.DepartmentId)

        </div>

        <div class="editor-label">

            @Html.LabelFor(x=>x.Married)

        </div>

        <div class="editor-field">

            @Html.DropDownList("Married",new List<SelectListItem>(){

   new SelectListItem(){Text="Yes",Value="YES"},

   new SelectListItem(){Text="No",Value="NO"}  

   })

   @Html.ValidationMessageFor(x=>x.Married)

        </div>

        <br />

        <input type="submit" value="Create" />

    </fieldset>

}

<br />

@Html.ActionLink("Back to List","Index","Department")

C#

[HttpGet]

        [ActionName("Create")]

        public ActionResult Create_Launch()

        {

            return View();

        }

        

        [HttpPost]

        public ActionResult Create(Employee emp)

        {

            BusLayer bl = new BusLayer();

            bl.Create(emp.EmployeeName, emp.Country, emp.Married, emp.DepartmentId);

            return RedirectToAction("Details", new { id = emp.DepartmentId });

        }

            Below code have employee model object but the value if update by the UpdateModel method.

        [HttpPost]

        [ActionName("Create")]

        public ActionResult Create_Submit()

        {

            BusLayer bl = new BusLayer();

            Employee emp = new Employee();

            TryUpdateModel(emp);

            if (ModelState.IsValid)

            {               

                bl.Create(emp.EmployeeName, emp.Country, emp.Married, emp.DepartmentId);

                return RedirectToAction("Details", new { id = emp.DepartmentId });

            }

            return RedirectToAction("Create"); 

        }

From this article you can learn the various ways to get the value of form values from the model type.