asp.net-mvc

MVC app not working on server but is fine on development machine

Hello, I am able to run my application just fine on my dev machine but as soon as I publish it to the web server some functionality is lost. Any type of .ajax POST does not work usually with a 401 unauthorized error. The server is Windows 2008 with IIS7. I also installed Visual Studio 2008 with MVC2 on the server and ran the applicat...

Simple ASP.Net MVC 1.0 Validation

On the current project we are working on we haven't upgraded to MVC 2.0 yet so I'm working on implementing some simple validation with the tools available in 1.0. I'm looking for feedback on the way I'm doing this. I have a model that represents a user profile. Inside that model I have a method that will validate all the fields and suc...

ASP.NET MVC redirect from asynchronous call

I send asynchronous call using jQuery form plugin and in the case of success want to redirect user to some "success-page". Now my ASP.NET MVC action just returns some special "success-JSON" and the user is redirected using Javascript. Is there any way to implement automatic redirect (without Javascript call)? ...

How to model localized items

I'm currently designing a e-commerce solution. One of the primary requirements is for the store to support localized item details. The same store must be able to support multiple languages via the user's language selection and/or browser preference. I have two tables: Item (id, sku, price, ...) ItemDetails (item_id, language, ti...

ASP.NET MVC 2.0 Client-Side Validation HOWTO

Where can I find some good information on the new client-side validation functionality included in ASP.NET MVC v2? I'd like to find information about using the client-side validation JavaScript without using DataAnnotations, and I'd like to find out how custom validations are handled. For example, if I want to validate two fields toget...

Is that a RESTFUL MVC Web Service?

I am aware of Web Services and WCF but I have generic question with services. I have a ASP.NET MVC Application which does some basic functionality. I just have a controller in which I am passing it the records and serializing the information to XML using XML Serializer. Then I return this information to the browser and it displays me ...

Visual ASP.NET MVC Designer

Is there an add-in for the VSIDE that allows you to visually construct ASP.NET MVC solutions? Back in my struts days there were a number of options that made hooking together Views/Models/Controllers easy and interactive. ...

How to get all active parameters in ASP.NET MVC (2)

Hi! I was wondering whether there is a way to create an ActionLink or similar, that changes only a few parameters of the actual query, and keeps all the other parameters intact. For example if I'm on an URL like http://example.com/Posts/Index?Page=5&OrderBy=Name&OrderDesc=True I want to change only the Page, or OrderBy parameter...

set current user in asp.net mvc

Hey guys, I'm not sure if this is the best way to do it, but I want to keep a user object alive during all requests of the current user. From reading several resources I learned that you should create your own IPrinciple which holds this. But I don't want to trigger the database every authentication request. Any recommendations on how t...

Easiest way to specify the selected option to a dropdown list in ASP.NET MVC

I have a list of options (IEnumerable< SelectListItem >) in my model that I want to use in multiple dropdowns in my view. But each of these dropdowns could have a different selected option. Is there an easy way to simply specfiy which should be selected if using the Html.DropDownList helper? At this point, the only way I can see is ...

MVC/HTML - input submit won't trigger when HTML is in a text area

Any idea why the below code doesn't trigger if I were to put some HTML inside the textarea? It works fine it I don't have HTML in it, but I'm not sure why it doesn't work with it. Here is the code. <% using (Ajax.BeginForm("AddPost", new AjaxOptions { UpdateTargetId = "blogPosts" })) { %> <table> <tr> <t...

post to actionrequest from an anchor

I have the following; <% using(Html.BeginForm("GetRecommendedProducts", "Home", FormMethod.Post)) { %> <% Html.RenderPartial("QuickQuote", Model.quickQuote); %> <div class="But brown" style="float:left;"> <a href="." onclick="$.unblockUI(); return false;">Close</a> </div> <div class="But g...

ASP.NET MVC does browser refresh make TempData useless?

If I redirect to a new page passing TempData to initialise the page it works fine, however if the user presses the refresh button in their browser the TempData is no-longer available. Given this, is there any situation where TempData could be used reliably? Or any way to remove or mitigate the problem of users refreshing? ...

When I use a form to call a method on the controller, I want the page to refresh, and the url to show the passed variable ASP MVC

Using ASP MVC, I have set up a webpage for localhost/Dinner/100 to show the dinner details for dinner with ID = 100. On the page, there is a dropdown that shows Dinner 1, Dinner 2, etc. The user should select the dinner of interest (Dinner 2, ID = 102) off the form and press submit. The page should refresh and show the url: localhost/...

ASP.NET MVC ActionLink vs. URL Rewrite

Hello, here is the issue : There is a ASP.NET MVC 2 web app, lets call it myapp.com. I want dynamic subdomains (user created categories) like something.myapp.com. So i have set up URL rewrite with rule rewriting something.myapp.com -> myapp.com/something (which is handled by MVC next..). But, the first ActionLink throws an exception Sy...

ASP.Net Authentication with MVC2--how to integrate with DB?

I'm trying to understand the authentication section of the sample project that opens in a new MVC2 project in VS2010. It essentially lets you register, login, etc. I looked through the code that implements this briefly, it looked fairly complicated. (10 tables, 40 sprocs, 10 views, 4 models, 1 model, 1 controller, etc.) Is it best to...

Outputting a byte arrain into the src attribute of an img tag

I'm using ASP.NET MVC and have a model which has an image (byte array) in one of the fields. I'm trying to output this image into the src attribute of the img tag. I'm looking to do something like <img src='<%= Model.VenueImage %>'>. How can I do this? ...

Changing error message for datatype validation?

Hey guys, I've a small question on ASP.NET MVC 2. I'm using Data Annotations on my Presentation Model and its model binder per default. But one step back, I want to do the most elementary thing: validation of the data type. Let's say I have an "int ID" on my model and want to edit the according entity in my view. If I enter something ...

How can I access attributes of Html elements in ASP.NET MVC

With ASP.NET Webforms, I could drag and drop a control on a form and be able to access its properties: if (number == 0) AddButton.Enabled = false; Although I cannot drag and drop a control on a ASP.NET MVC View template, can I change its attributes? For instance: disable a button in some conditions and be able to enable it if c...

Why ASP.NET MVC templates are available only for Web Application projects?

What is the reason that ASP.NET MVC templates are available only for Web Application projects and not for Web Site projects? ...