ASP.NET MVC Model Binding into a List

Question

In my ASP.NET MVC site, part of a feature allows the user to enter the hours when a certain venue is open.

I\'ve decided to store these hours in a VenueHours table i

Answer 1

Scott Hanselman posted a very good article about how the default model binder deals with collections, arrays and dictionaries. It's great if you don't want to write a custom model binder, although writing a custom model binder isn't that big a deal.

Answer 2

Please try the following steps

1 - Place all the input boxes (which can be populated by DatePicker JQuery control) inside a div in the aspx view.

2 - using Jquery selectors to capture all the values(inside the above specified DIV) that needs to be posted to the Action method , into a JavaScript array in the Client Side.

please refer Filtering input elements inside DIV

var enteredVenueHours = new Array();
for(var i=0;i < inputsInsideDiv.length;i++)
{
    // add the elements to the JS array
}

3 - Use the Jquery post to send the enteredVenueHours back to the controller action**

$.post('<%=Url.Action("ActionMethod")%>',{ EnteredVenueHours: enteredVenueHours,function (data)
{
     // Udpate status to be displayed here. 
});

4 - Make sure the Controller action method has the following Signature

[AcceptVerbs(HTTP.Post)]
public ActionResult ActionMethod(List<string> EnteredVenueHours)
{
     // Have the DB persistance logic .
}