asp.net-mvc-2

I am checking my database in Create(FooViewModel fvm){...} to see if the fvm.prop1 and fvm.prop2 already exist in that combination; if so, I want to add an error to the modelstate, then return the whole view. I tried: public ActionResult Create(FooViewModel fvm){ if (ThatComboAlreadyExists(fvm)) { ModelState.AddModelError("Model", "There is already one like that"); return View(fvm); } } ...but I get no display of errors in the Html.ValidationSummary , which is where I assume they would appear. I have the suspicion that "Model" is not the right key, but I haven't been able to find anything a la

Following on from this question: ASP.NET MVC Routing with Default Controller I have a similar requirement where my end user doesn't want to see the controller name in the url for the landing or "home page" for their application. I have a controller called DeviceController which I want to be the "home page" controller. This controller has a number of actions and I'd like to use URL's like the following: http://example.com -> calls Index() http://example.com/showdevice/1234 -> calls ShowDevice(int id) http://example.com/showhistory/1224 -> calls ShowHistory(int id) I also need links generated

I have a table that displays data. Each row of table has Edit button. When edit button is clicked a jquery dialog appears with Form for editing the user info and save and cancel button . The form is nothing but a partial view buttons are part of partial view. <button name="button" class="button" id="editCurrentRow" onclick="EditCurrentRow(@item.ID); return false;"> $("#editResult").dialog({ title: 'Edit Admin', autoOpen: false, resizable: false, height: 500, width: 600, show: { effect: 'drop', direction: "up" }, modal: true, draggable: true, open: function (event, ui) { $(this).load('@Url

Having just started with MVC 2 I notice that in their starter template they use <%: Html.ActionLink("Home", "Index", "Home")%> and I was sure that in MVC 1 it was <%= Html.ActionLink("Home", "Index", "Home")%> Are they the same thing? If so, why the change from equal sign to colon. the colon syntax means you'll be html encoded automatically: http://haacked.com/archive/2009/09/25/html-encoding-code-nuggets.aspx They couldn't just html encode all the existing <%= blocks, because things that are already properly encoded (which is hopefully most of the projects out there) would look strange. <%=

This is my Global.asax.cs file: public class MvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication { public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes) { ... } protected void Application_Start() { this.PostAuthenticateRequest += new EventHandler(MvcApplication_PostAuthenticateRequest); } // This method never called by requests... protected void MvcApplication_PostAuthenticateRequest(object sender, EventArgs e) { HttpCookie authCookie = Request.Cookies[FormsAuthentication.FormsCookieName]; if (authCookie != null) { FormsAuthenticationTicket authTicket = FormsAuthentication.Decrypt(authCookie.Value