Pass multiple parameters in Html.BeginForm MVC

Question

I have something like this:

public ActionResult Create(int clubid)
{
  var club = db.Clubs.Single(c=>c.Id == clubid);
  ViewBag.Club = club;
  Competition         


        

Answer 1

There are two options here.

1. a hidden field within the form, or
2. Add it to the route values parameter in the begin form method.

Edit

@Html.Hidden("clubid", ViewBag.Club.id)

or

 @using(Html.BeginForm("action", "controller",
                       new { clubid = @Viewbag.Club.id }, FormMethod.Post, null)

Answer 2

Another option I like, which can be generalized once I start seeing the code not conform to DRY, is to use one controller that redirects to another controller.

public ActionResult ClientIdSearch(int cid)
{
  var action = String.Format("Details/{0}", cid);

  return RedirectToAction(action, "Accounts");
}

I find this allows me to apply my logic in one location and re-use it without have to sprinkle JavaScript in the views to handle this. And, as I mentioned I can then refactor for re-use as I see this getting abused.