I have a Create ViewPage strongly-typed with a ViewModel. I link the textboxes to the ViewModels properties using the HtmlHelper. On the POST Create method I get the ViewModel by parameter. The thing is that the ViewModel's Properties are empty, as if it has just been constructed. Also, there is no way it could have those values as Properties once all the constructors initializes all the values!
View 27 RepliesI'm using MVC 2.0 in an ASP.NET application using NHibernate. I have a working View, Controller and data access layer using NHibernate that is able to display and save an entity with a relationship to another mapped entity: Person -- > Location It's using the HTML helper HTML.DropDownListFor() to display a list of all Locations. The user is able to select one of the Locations from the list, and press save. The default model binder correctly sets the value of the Location on the Person entity being saved. This location is an nhibernate mapped entity, and is instantiated and has the id value that was selected in the dropdown list. Obviously, since the dropdown list that holds locations only has the ids of the locations, the rest of the values for the location are null. This is OK. I am only trying to save the Person with a reference to an existing location.
So, here comes the complication. We have a need to change the relationship between the two entities. Now the Person can have a reference to many locations. Person.Locations will be an IList My question is, how do you get the default model binder to take selections from a multiselect dropdown and populate an IList. I've managed to save collections of entities in the past using the syntax [index].PropertyName as explaing by Phil Haacked .... [URL]
The issue here is that I have only a dropdown list, and it will post back to the modelbinder a repeating key with different values:
Person.Location.Id: 2
Person.Location.Id: 4
Person.Location.Id: 5
This, unfortunately, doesn't work. the Location list keeps coming back Null. Our UI guy is using a slick JQuery pluggin to display the items in the select list, so I'd rather not have to use a different UI.
I am trying to make a post that should use the Default Model Binder functionality in ASP.NET MVC 2 but unfortunately I can't get through. When I click on the checkout button I populate a form dinamically using jQuery code and then submit this form to the server. This is the form that get submitted
<form action="/x/Order/Checkout" id="cartForm" method="post">
<input name="__RequestVerificationToken" type="hidden" value="UDjN9RdWheKyWK5Q71MvXAbbDNel6buJd5Pamp/jx39InuyYIQVptcEubIA2W8DMUzWwnZjSGkLspkmDPbsIxy8EVuLvfCSZJJnl/NrooreouptwM/PaBEz2v6ZjO3I26IKRGZPqLxGGfITYqlf8Ow==">
<input id="CustomerID" name="CustomerID" type="hidden" value="1">
<input id="FirmID" name="FirmID" type="hidden" value="2">
<input type="hidden" name="CartItems[0].ServiceTypeID" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="CartItems[0].Quantity" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="CartItems[1].ServiceTypeID" value="2">
<input type="hidden" name="CartItems[1].Quantity" value="1">
</form>
This is the jQuery code that handle the submit event for the form
$("#cartForm").submit(function (event) {
event.preventDefault(); var form = $("#cartForm");
var panel = form.parent(); panel.parent().block();
$.ajax({ type: "post", dataType: "html",
url: '<%: Url.Content("~/Order/Checkout") %>',
async: false, data: form.serialize(),
success: function (response, status, xml) { panel.parent().unblock(); },
error: function (response) { panel.parent().unblock(); } }); });
This is the controller action that should be get called
[HttpPost]
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public virtual ActionResult Checkout( CartModel cart ) {
} And finally this is the CartModel class involved
public class CartModel : BaseModel{
public int CustomerID { get; set; }
public int FirmID { get; set; }
public List<CartItemModel> CartItems { get; set; }
public CartModel() { CartItems = new List<CartItemModel>();
} } public class CartItemModel : BaseModel
{ public int ServiceTypeID { get; set; }
public int Quantity { get; set; } }
But the default Model Binder does not bind the web form data to a CartModel class. Using Fiddler I have been able to see that the data sent to the server is correct as you can see from the following snapshot.
The following code is executed when my app starts
ModelBinders.Binders.Add(typeof(StringValidator), new StringValidatorBinder());
StringValidatorBinder implements IModelBinder and simply throws an exception on BindModel, and I have a break line on there too. So, why does the following post method set "validation" to null and not call my model binder?[HttpPost]public ActionResult Create(string code, string description, StringValidator validation) {......}
I have a control that's bound to a list property. If I remove elements from that list using javascript and post, then the model gets updated, and the elements get removed.
Unless I remove all the items from the list. Then no names for that property go into the form data, and so the default model binder leaves the model's list untouched. This code from DefaultModelBinder.cs line 572 in the RTM sources makes it clear:
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So how do I indicate to the model binder that I do want it to update the list and Ido want the list to be emptied?
Given the following view model and action using the DefaultModelBinder, it seems to ignore the dictionary, but bind all other properties correctly. Am I missing something here? Looking at the MVC source code this seems legit.
public class SomeViewModel
{
public SomeViewModel()
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I need to bind a bunch of properties over my model entities. All of them uses the List<T> class. I already managed to write a model binder that can treat individualy types derived from that class, but i can't set the value of this property on the model. every time i check the model afer the bind process i see a list with 0 itens.
Here's how it runs.
After i post the values the model binder catchs up the types for bindingAt the custom model binder i check if this property is a List<T> typeIf it is then i perform the bind like it have to be, if not i let the default binder do the job.Finally i return the object binded. What happens next is the issue i've mentioned "i see a list with 0 itens" on the Model property.
Here is the code of Custom Model Binder:
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i've created my own custom model binder to handle a Section DropDownList defined in my view as:
Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.Category.Section, new SelectList(Model.Sections, "SectionID", "SectionName"), "-- Please Select --")
And here is my model binder:
public class SectionModelBinder : DefaultModelBinder
{
public override object BindModel(ControllerContext controllerContext, ModelBindingContext bindingContext)
{
var value = bindingContext.ValueProvider.GetValue(bindingContext.ModelName);
if (bindingContext.ModelType.IsAssignableFrom(typeof(Section)) && value != null)
{
if (Utilities.IsInteger(value.AttemptedValue))
return Section.GetById(Convert.ToInt32(value.AttemptedValue));
else if (value.AttemptedValue == "")
return null;
}
return base.BindModel(controllerContext, bindingContext);
}
}
Now within my controller i can say:
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Create(FormCollection collection)
{
var category = new Category();
if (!TryUpdateModel(category, "Category")
return View(new CategoryForm(category, _sectionRepository().GetAll()));
}
This validates nicely and the correct value for the section is assigned when the model is updated, however it does not select the correct value if another property doesn't validate.
I'm using MVC, and in the controller, I'm using a linq to objects query which returns an anonymous type:
var results = from ... select new { ... };
I then pass this information to an untyped view:
return View(results);
I try to iterate through the data in the view:
<% foreach (var entry in Model)%>
...
<%: Html.Encode(entry.MyProperty) %>
However, I get a RuntimeBinderException: 'object' does not contain a definition for 'MyProperty'. However, oddly, if I hover above entry with the mouse, it does actually have MyProperty in the popup window, and the value is what I would expect,(apparently, the Visual Studio IDE knows what type it is).I can get around this problem by using a linq query which uses an explicit type and a parameterless constructor of the form:
IQueryable<SearchResult> results = from ... select new SearchResult { ... };
and creating a view model class which encapsulates the SearchResult data, which is then returned to a strongly typed view. However, I don't understand what the problem is with the first method.
I saw a post with posibble problems with Model Binding which is mentioned here. [URL]. Whats the best approach to this? Different approaches are below.
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I have a complex page with several forms on it. The page is divided into sections, and each section has a continue button on it. The page is bound to a pageViewModel, each section addresses a different set of properties on the model. The continue button makes an ajax call to the controller, and the model binder binds it appropriately to the appropriate sections of the model. The section is refreshed appropriately. Finally, I would like to have a save button at the bottom of the page that takes all the forms, and binds all of the forms to the model. The model, at this point has all of the properties filled out, and can be processed accordingly. Can I accomplish this by some ASP MVC magic?
View 2 RepliesI'm using the MVC 2 RC. I have a custom model binder that used to iterate over posted form values in MVC 1.0 like this:
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Is it possible, inside a Custom Model Binder, to fire "something" that "says" the value is invalid so it gets handled by validation part?
Basically, I am getting an exception when the value for the property is invalid.
I have a bunch of controls like the following in the EditItemTemplate of a ListView, with LINQDataSource:
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I'm curious to know why the database won't update on the click of the Update button:
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According to all I've read, the above code should be sufficient. Since CommandName is set to Update, it would seem that no code-behind is necessary.
I have connected listview by using datasourceid that means by using "sqldatasource1" now i want to change value of listview at run time according to search so for that i am using datasource at codebehind. but it give an error
"listview have already bind with datasourceid you can not bind it with datasource"
what should i do for solving my requirement.
i am using ajaxtoolkit:combobox and i tried to bind data to this control in code behind file.but it is taking 3 to 4 mints to bind data and display the page. I am providing my aspx code and code behind code here
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Code behind code:
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GetPrograms() method will return almost 6000 records. to load the control it is taking almost 4 minuts..
I want to show xml which is load from sql server with the following code but I dont know for showing that in web which control is suitable?the code is as follow:
using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["WebApplication1.Properties.Settings.mycon"].ConnectionString))
{
con.Open();
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("select * from ajaxmovie FOR XML AUTO ", con);
XmlReader xr = cmd.ExecuteXmlReader();
xr.Read();
string data;
do{
data=xr.ReadOuterXml();
}
while(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(data));
<InsertItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("ProductId") %>'>
</asp:TextBox>
</InsertItemTemplate>
How do I pass a value to the Bind("ProductId")? More specifically:
Request.QueryString["ProductId"]
in my application i want to bind the data to a div, which is in a datalist so how can i bind the value .
View 2 RepliesI have a BLL where in I am getting all the values from a table. Now I want to populate a dropdown with one of the field from a BLL.
ddlstatus1.SelectedValue = dt.Rows(0).Item("StatusCode")
But the above code is not working.
I tried ddlstatus1.selectedindex = dt.Rows(0).Item("StatusCode") but it says that it cannot convert string to integer.
When using a databound control the Bind() method does some magic to first extract the current value from the datasource and then pass an update back to the datasouce when an update is performed.
Now I have created a custom datasource and am supplying my own custom data which all works fine. For read only the following code works a treat. As you can see I am accessing both a named index into the collection and a property.
Now when using Bind() I cannot find a way to accomplish this. Bind() would appear to look for either an object property or a database row column (not sure how it does this) and I cannot find a way to change this.
It shouldn't be that difficult because the hard part is obtaining the data, which my code below can already do. The changes are passed back as a dictionary which should be simple. But I need a way to write my own bind method and I haven't managed to find out how.
Code:
Surname : <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox2" Text='<%#((MyCustomDataRow)Container.DataItem)["Surname"].EditDataString%>' runat="server" />
I m using the following code to bind dropdownlist using ADO.NET
Code:
Protected Sub HeadsData()
Dim conn As SqlConnection
Dim cmd As SqlCommand
Dim reader As SqlDataReader
Dim constr As String = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("ams").ConnectionString
conn = New SqlConnection(constr)
cmd = New SqlCommand("Select HeadId,HeadName from Heads Order By HeadName", conn)
conn.Open()
reader = cmd.ExecuteReader()
While reader.Read
cmbType.DataSource = reader
cmbType.DataTextField = "HeadName"
cmbType.DataValueField = "HeadId"
cmbType.DataBind()
End While
End Sub
I have 5 records in Heads table, but when i run the project it misses the first record and shows the remaining 4 in dropdownlist. Is there anything worng with this code ?
in binding data thru webservice. In my code, I created a dataset public DataSet ViewMembersbut when I run my code, I got an error like
Quote:Error2Argument '1': cannot convert from 'MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlDataAdapter'
'System.Data.DataSet'D:ASPFILESprmsApp_CodeacWebService.cs12428D:ASPFILESprms
binding values with dropdownlist.i have one dropdownlist name,dropdowndiagnosticcategory..i have made one function bind_category() for binding the category values.The code for binding the values with dropdownlist is as under,here
private void bind_category()
{
string s = "Data Source=LAB1-40;Initial Catalog=MNSDaignosticCenter;Integrated Security=True";
SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(s);
con.Open();
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand
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I have no idea about how to bind data to text box.I have a user details aspx form and i wnt to display the data entered by the user before to be displayed in the text box when user clicking the Edit profile button.i.e the values from sql database should be bounded with the text boxes. There are more than 27 text boxes in the user profile form.
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