ASP.NET MVC Post Returns Wrong Model Values

Question

I have a simple post action that tries to return a new model back to the view from the post method. For some reason when I return new model I always see the model I have posted with why does that happen? I need to change the values of the model in the post action and return them back to the user but for some reason I am unable to do that?

public ActionResult Build()
{
    return View(new Person());
}

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Build(Person model)
{
    return View(new Person() { FirstName = "THX", LastName = "1138" });
}

This is the view code;

@using (Html.BeginForm()) {
    @Html.AntiForgeryToken()
    @Html.ValidationSummary(true)

    <fieldset>
        <legend>Person</legend>

        <div class="editor-label">
            @Html.LabelFor(model => model.FirstName)
        </div>
        <div class="editor-field">
            @Html.EditorFor(model => model.FirstName)
            @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.FirstName)
        </div>

        <div class="editor-label">
            @Html.LabelFor(model => model.LastName)
        </div>
        <div class="editor-field">
            @Html.EditorFor(model => model.LastName)
            @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.LastName)
        </div>

        <p>
            <input type="submit" value="Create" />
        </p>
    </fieldset>
}

If I open the form and type in "John" for first name and "Smith" for last name and post the form I get "John", "Smith" back from the post action and not "THX 1138" is there a way to override this behavior? I would also like to know why does it do that?

where is the code that tells the submit button to call the Build action? — jbabey
– jbabey, Commented Jun 20, 2013 at 12:43
Have you put a breakpoint in "public ActionResult Build(Person model)" to make sure it's the action method that is being bound to? — Rob
– Rob, Commented Jun 20, 2013 at 12:51

Erik Schierboom · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-20 12:50:00Z

5

You can do this by instructing ASP.NET MVC to forget the posted values by adding this.ViewData = null; to your post action:

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Build(Person model)
{
    this.ViewData = null;

    return View(new Person() { FirstName = "THX", LastName = "1138" });
}

answered Jun 20, 2013 at 12:50

Erik Schierboom

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