Using dropdownlist and actions in MVC3

Question

I'm trying to build a table where you can see the current state of a person (which is loaded from a database) in MVC3. The user have an option to change and set the status, which is saved to the database. As an example:

Example

I'm very new to MVC3 and I'm not sure how to take the value of the dropdown menu to the controller.

My code for displaying the dropdownmenu/Set button is as follows:

<td>
    <%= Html.DropDownList("Statuses",new SelectList(ViewData.Model.Statuses))%>
    <a href="/People/Set" class="btn btn-primary">Set</a>
</td>

I managed to get the Set button to call a method in the "PeopleController," but I'm not sure how to:

pass in the value from the dropdownlist
ensure i'm not passing in the value from a wrong dropdownlist (in this example there are 3 dropdown lists).
I have to ensure that I'm changing the status of the correct person - each person has a unique name, and I can change the correct Status if I know the name of the person.

Note:I'm using MVC3.

Change the set link to a submit button. Wrap the ddl and button in a form. Write a post method in your controller to process the data — Forty-Two
– Forty-Two, Commented Mar 12, 2013 at 16:39
@Forty-Two How can I get the id(name) of the person? the id is displayed on the same row as such: ID | Status| Change Status To — J.L
– J.L, Commented Mar 12, 2013 at 17:51

Forty-Two · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-12 17:59:20Z

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To summarize and clarify my comments above, Wrap the dropdownlist in a form, make the Set link a submint button, and add a hidden element to pass the Id along as well.

    <td>
        <% using(Html.BeginForm())
        {%>
           <%=Html.DropDownList("Statuses",new SelectList(ViewData.Model.Statuses))%>
           <%=Html.Hidden("Id")
           <input type="submit" value="Set" />
        <%}%>
    </td>

(ps, consider making the leap to the razor view engine, it's much nicer to read and write)

answered Mar 12, 2013 at 17:59

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