How do you persist querystring values in asp.net mvc?

Question

What is a good way to persist querystring values in asp.net mvc?

If I have a url: /questions?page=2&sort=newest&items=50&showcomments=1&search=abcd

Answer 1

i use a extension method for that:

public static string RouteLinkWithExtraValues(
        this HtmlHelper htmlHelper,
        string name,
        object values)
    {
        var routeValues = new RouteValueDictionary(htmlHelper.ViewContext.RouteData.Values);

        var extraValues = new RouteValueDictionary(values);
        foreach (var val in extraValues)
        {
            if (!routeValues.ContainsKey(val.Key))
                routeValues.Add(val.Key, val.Value);
            else
                routeValues[val.Key] = val.Value;
        }

        foreach (string key in htmlHelper.ViewContext.HttpContext.Request.Form)
        {
            routeValues[key] = htmlHelper.ViewContext.HttpContext.Request.Form[key];
        }

        foreach (string key in htmlHelper.ViewContext.HttpContext.Request.QueryString)
        {
            if (!routeValues.ContainsKey(key) && htmlHelper.ViewContext.HttpContext.Request.QueryString[key] != "")
                routeValues[key] = htmlHelper.ViewContext.HttpContext.Request.QueryString[key];
        }

        var urlHelper = new UrlHelper(htmlHelper.ViewContext.RequestContext);

        return string.Format("{1}", urlHelper.RouteUrl(routeValues), name);
    }