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user1662812
user1662812

Reputation: 2601

ASP.NET MVC Remote attribute method parameter always passing null

I have this AdvertiserNameAvailable method that is being used by Remote validation attribute. The problem is that the AdvertiserNameAvailable is being called without passing the input value to the method Name parameter. When I enter in debug into the method, I see that the Name parameter is always null.

  public JsonResult AdvertiserNameAvailable(string Name)
  {
      return Json("Some custom error message", JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
  }

  public class AdvertiserAccount
  {
      [Required]
      [Remote("AdvertiserNameAvailable", "Accounts")]
      public string Name
      {
          get;
          set;
      }
  }

Upvotes: 4

Views: 3914

Answers (2)

user1662812
user1662812

Reputation: 2601

Had to add [Bind(Prefix = "account.Name")]

public ActionResult AdvertiserNameAvailable([Bind(Prefix = "account.Name")] String name)
{
    if(name == "Q")
    {
        return  Json(false, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
    }
    else
    {
        return  Json(true, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
    }
}

To find out your prefix, right click and do inspect element on the input that you are trying to validate. Look for the name attribute:

<input ... id="account_Name" name="account.Name" type="text" value="">

Upvotes: 15

Matija Grcic
Matija Grcic

Reputation: 13391

[HttpPost]
[OutputCache(Location = OutputCacheLocation.None, NoStore = true)]
public ActionResult AdvertiserNameAvailable(string Name)
  {
    bool isNameAvailable = CheckName(Name);  //validate Name and return true of false
    return Json(isNameAvailable );     
  }

  public class AdvertiserAccount
  {
      [Required]
      [Remote("AdvertiserNameAvailable", "Accounts", HttpMethod="Post", ErrorMessage = "Some custom error message.")]     
      public string Name
      {
          get;
          set;
      }
  }

Also to note:

The OutputCacheAttribute attribute is required in order to prevent ASP.NET MVC from caching the results of the validation methods.

So use [OutputCache(Location = OutputCacheLocation.None, NoStore = true)] on your controller action.

Upvotes: 0

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