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C# ASP.NET MVC Forms Creating a Basic Form Adding a POST Action Method

Posted by Joe Mackey
Joe Mackey
20,418 Points

I have stared at this long enough, I am going to ask for direction.

Challenge Task 1 of 1

In IssuesController.cs add another action method named Report to handle HTTP posts from the form in the Report.cshtml view.

I have added comments to what I though should solve the issue. But I am clearly missing something. Suggestions, reading assignments?

IssuesController.cs 
using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace IssueReporter.Controllers
{
    public class IssuesController : Controller
    {
        public ActionResult Report()
        {
            return View();
        }
    [ActionName("Report")] 
    // Decorate the action method with an attribute so that MVC will only route POST requests to it.
        [HttpPost]
        public ActionResult ReportSubmit(
           // Add a total of six parameters that match the form field names in the Report.cshtml view file in order to capture posted values from the form. Remember to change the first letter of each form field to lowercase (i.e. "Name" to "name").
           // Use the string data type for each parameter.

           string name, string email, string departmentId, string severity, string reproducible, string descriptionOfProblem)
        {
            // For now, in the action method, just return a call to the View method.

            return View();
        }
    }
}
Report.cshtml 
@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Report an Issue";
}

<h2>@ViewBag.Title</h2>

<form method="post">

    <div>
        <label for="Name">Name</label>
        <input type="text" id="Name" name="Name" />
    </div>

    <div>
        <label for="Email">Email</label>
        <input type="text" id="Email" name="Email" />
    </div>

    <div>
        <label for="DepartmentId">Department</label>
        <input type="text" id="DepartmentId" name="DepartmentId" />
    </div>

    <div>
        <label for="Severity">Severity</label>
        <input type="text" id="Severity" name="Severity" />
    </div>

    <div>
        <label for="Reproducible">Reproducible</label>
        <input type="text" id="Reproducible" name="Reproducible" />
    </div>

    <div>
        <label for="DescriptionOfProblem">Description of Problem</label>
        <textarea id="DescriptionOfProblem" name="DescriptionOfProblem"></textarea>
    </div>

    <button type="submit">Save</button>

</form>

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,744 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,744 Points

You are sooooo close!

First of all, what's up with the "[ActionName("Report")]"? The challenge didn't ask for anything like that.

But then, the challenge did ask you to "add another action method named Report", but you named yours "ReportSubmit" instead.

Dale Sublett
Dale Sublett
14,231 Points
Dale Sublett
Dale Sublett
14,231 Points

Hey Steven, I just finished this challenge thanks to your above hints.

So, I can use two of the same ActionResult's with the same name, as long as I also declare an attribute above one? Using the same exact name through me off at first.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,744 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,744 Points

This is called "method overloading". They have the same name but different "signatures" because of the arguments.