ASP.NET MVC - TempData - Good or bad practice

Question

I\'m using the AcceptVerbs method detailed in Scott Gu\'s Preview 5 blog post for dealing with form entries in ASP.NET MVC:

• User gets an empty for

Answer 1

I have a GetModel method which first checks for TempData["model"] and returns that. Otherwise GetModel loads the appropriate data from the database.

It saves an extra load from the database when I have an action that needs to return a different view that requires the same model data.