URL parameters not appearing in ASP.MVC when using variant of Html.BeginForm

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I've got a view that defines a form as

<% using (Html.BeginForm( "Update", "CcisCase", FormMethod.Post, new { id = "ccisEditForm" } ))

with a submit button:

In the RegisterRoutes method (in the HttpApplication-derived class in global.asax.cs), I've got:

            routes.IgnoreRoute( "{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}" );

        routes.MapRoute(
            "CcisCase",
            "CcisCase/{action}/{cmDatabaseId}/{caseId}",
            new { Controller = "CcisCase", Action = "CcisCaseEdit", caseId = "" } );

The url generated by MVC ends with "/Update" but there are no parameters. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks, Bob

Brian Mains · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-02 18:12:04Z

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What parameters are you expecting to see? A post does not append parameters to the querystring, a FormMethod.Get would. And, that overload with the id is the collection of HTML attributes to render for the tag (which I'm assuming you knew, but just in case).

HTH.

answered Nov 2, 2010 at 18:12

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pitx3 · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-02 18:35:51Z

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Your route contains a parameter {caseId} but your BeginForm only defines an id value.

new {id = "cssEditForm"}

You need something like this to include the caseId value

using (Html.BeginForm( "Update", "CcisCase", FormMethod.Post, new { caseId = 1, id = "ccisEditForm" }

If your action isn't using the id="ccisEditForm" value then you can remove that for less code clutter.

answered Nov 2, 2010 at 18:35

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bobuva Over a year ago

Thanks. I just posted my fix, and had to use both the strongly-typed RouteValueDictionary and Dictionary parameters (see my answer later).

bobuva · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-02 22:59:24Z

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I figured out what my problem was. I had to pass the existing route data as follows:

        using (Html.BeginForm( "Update", "CcisCase", ViewContext.RouteData.Values, FormMethod.Post, new Dictionary<string, object> { { "id", "ccisEditForm" } } ))

answered Nov 2, 2010 at 22:59

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