I know this is a pretty basic question over here.
But could you tell me all possible options available to,
call a Control Action Method [generally any server side routine] from a Razor View and,
in what scenarios each are best applicable to be used in.
Thanks.
Method 1 : Using jQuery Ajax Get call (partial page update).
Suitable for when you need to retrieve jSon data from database.
Controller's Action Method
[HttpGet]
public ActionResult Foo(string id)
{
var person = Something.GetPersonByID(id);
return Json(person, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}
Jquery GET
function getPerson(id) {
$.ajax({
url: '@Url.Action("Foo", "SomeController")',
type: 'GET',
dataType: 'json',
// we set cache: false because GET requests are often cached by browsers
// IE is particularly aggressive in that respect
cache: false,
data: { id: id },
success: function(person) {
$('#FirstName').val(person.FirstName);
$('#LastName').val(person.LastName);
}
});
}
Person class
public class Person
{
public string FirstName { get; set; }
public string LastName { get; set; }
}
Method 2 : Using jQuery Ajax Post call (partial page update).
Suitable for when you need to do partial page post data into database.
Post method is also same like above just replace [HttpPost]
on Action method and type as post
for jquery method.
For more information check Posting JSON Data to MVC Controllers Here
Method 3 : As a Form post scenario (full page update).
Suitable for when you need to save or update data into database.
View
@using (Html.BeginForm("SaveData","ControllerName", FormMethod.Post))
{
@Html.TextBoxFor(model => m.Text)
<input type="submit" value="Save" />
}
Action Method
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult SaveData(FormCollection form)
{
// Get movie to update
return View();
}
Method 4 : As a Form Get scenario (full page update).
Suitable for when you need to Get data from database
Get method also same like above just replace [HttpGet]
on Action method and FormMethod.Get
for View's form method.
I hope this will help to you.