Pass a string from <form> to controller using ASP MVC

Question

I'm doing this little tutorial: http://www.asp.net/mvc/videos/mvc-2/how-do-i/creating-a-tasklist-application-with-aspnet-mvc

But somehow he's passing a string back to the controller. But I can't get mine to pass a string back. What am I missing?

Create.aspx

<form method="post" action="/Home/CreateNew">
    <label for="task">Task:</label>
    <input type="text" name="task" />
    <input type="submit" value="Add Task" /> 
</form>

HomeController.cs

public ActionResult CreateNew(object obj ) // <-- expecting a string but getting an object.
{
  string whattype = obj.GetType().ToString(); //just an obj, expecting a string
  //add to DB next
}

Oded · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-18 20:40:37Z

4

MVC is convention based - the form element name is task so that should be the parameter name:

public ActionResult CreateNew(string task ) //<-- expecting a string but getting an object.
{
  string whattype = obj.GetType().ToString(); //just an obj, expecting a string
  //add to DB next
}

answered Dec 18, 2011 at 20:40

Oded

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