How do I pass a list of integers to an MVC action?

Question

I have an action that depends on a list of integers. My first instinct was to simply declare the action with a List.

I tried declaring the action in the controller

Answer 1

Yes. The default model binder can bind "ids" to any ICollection. But you have to submit multiple parameters with the same name. That eliminates using the helper method "ActionLink". You can use url helper Action and append the ids to the link like so:

?ids=2&ids=1&ids=3">Test link

Here's the link from Haack's block.