Getting Posted ASP.NET MVC Form Data
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Published: 27 Jul 2009
Abstract
In this article, Brendan describes how to interact with the data posted using HTML forms in ASP.NET MVC. He gives code snippets and screenshots showing how to get data posted from the HTML form.
by Brendan Enrick
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Introduction

At the center of ASP.NET MVC is exactly what one would expect. ASP.NET MVC is really just built on ASP.NET Forms and that really just exists to create HTML (in the general case). I like to point this out since it helps to limit a lot of the confusion that people often have when working with ASP.NET, but this was mostly a problem with ASP.NET Forms. With MVC, a lot less is abstracted and hidden away, so the process becomes far clearer.

With forms there were false layers of state which were created and this makes a somewhat easier, although more dangerous, transition for developers with backgrounds programming with state. This actually includes most developers, because most learn to write code on client machines. On these client machines there is usually maintained state to work with, so when you transition to the stateless architecture of web development, you expect state to be there. ASP.NET was designed with a false sense of state which makes that transition easier, and it makes a lot of logic seem far simpler. With MVC a lot more control is given to the developer, but at the same time a lot of things are wired up already. By wiring a lot of things up automatically and still giving developers seams to make changes, the development is customizable and is still easy once you learn to use it.

This article is based on part of a lesson I created for a group of junior developers who know a little bit of ASP.NET and C# and have a basic understanding of the concept of the MVC pattern. In the article I cover some of the basics of working with the data obtained from forms and form controls on ASP.NET MVC pages. I discuss how to put that data into the view, as well as different ways of accessing that data in the controller. The focus of this article is not on testing or how best to work with that data once it has been obtained. The focus is on the ways in which developers can get the data using standard ASP.NET MVC methods.


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Title: Nice explanation   
Name: Michael Rogers
Date: 2009-11-29 9:57:42 PM
Comment:
Thank you for providing such a clear and succinct explanation.
Title: Very informative and well compiled.   
Name: B.P.Mishra
Date: 2009-08-03 5:08:48 AM
Comment:
Dear Brendan
This article gave me new idea about the MVC framework as I am in the process of learning it.Thank you.keepup the goodwork.
Regards
B.P.Mishra
Title: Nice Blog!   
Name: Software Testing India
Date: 2009-07-28 8:15:44 AM
Comment:
Thanks for this essential blog.

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