How can I maintain ModelState with RedirectToAction?

Question

How can I return the result of a different action or move the user to a different action if there is an error in my ModelState without losing my ModelState information?

Answer 1

Please note that tvanfosson's solution will not always work, though in most cases it should be just fine.

The problem with that particular solution is that if you already have any ViewData or ModelState you end up overwriting it all with the previous request's state. For example, the new request might have some model state errors related to invalid parameters being passed to the action, but those would end up being hidden because they are overwritten.

Another situation where it might not work as expected is if you had an Action Filter that initialized some ViewData or ModelState errors. Again, they would be overwritten by that code.

We're looking at some solutions for ASP.NET MVC that would allow you to more easily merge the state from the two requests, so stay tuned for that.

Thanks, Eilon