Getting 30+ dropdowns values to the controller to update model- MVC3 C#

Question

I have a very large form that represents a month or more of data. Each day has 3 drop-downs the user can update and then i need to save the data in the form. I should mention I had to make a custom dropdown (HERE) to use a style class so it's not the standard Html.dropdown()

So what I'd like to do is something like...

View:

    @{

        List<string> DropdownValues = new List<string>();

    }

    @using(Html.BeginForm("Method","Controller",FormMethod.Post,new{ Data = DropdownValues}))
    {
      @Html.CustomDropdown("Name1",ListOfOptions1)
      @Html.CustomDropdown("Name2",ListOfOptions2)
      @Html.CustomDropdown("Name3",ListOfOptions3)

      <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
      @{
         //Do on submit 
         DropdownValues.add(Name1.value);
         DropdownValues.add(Name2.value);
         DropdownValues.add(Name3.value);

      }
    }

Ideas?

Thanks!

musefan · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-14 16:19:16Z

2

You can access form element direct from controller code without them having to be part of the Action parameters. Maybe this is what you are looking for?...

//In controller post action

string name1 = Request.Form["Name1"];
string name2 = Request.Form["Name2"];
//etc...

You could even put it in a loop depending on what you are doing with the data...

for(int i = 1; i <= 30; i++)
{
   string nameX = Request.Form["Name" + i];
}

answered Oct 14, 2011 at 16:19

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