I have three entities Package, Feature and PackageFeature as follows:
Package:
PackageId (PK)
PackageTitle
Feature:
FeatureId (PK)
FeatureTitle
PackageFeature:
PackageFeatureId (PK)
PackageId (FK)
Feature (FK)
Quantity
I have an MVC view that is typed to "Package" and allows the user to edit the Quantity field on the PackageFeature entity resulting in the source code below, how do I pick this up in the controller? I've tried [Bind(Include = "PackageFeature")]List<Package> package
and List<PackageFeature> packageFeature
but when I view the former in the debugger I get the correct number of list items (4) but their PackageIds are all 0 and consequently they have a PackageFeature list of 0 items, the latter also produces a list of 4 items which is incorrect as there are 8 PackageFeatures - however the PackageIds are correct, everything else is set to 0/null.
<form action="/packages/features/" method="post">
<h3>Basic</h3>
<input data-val="true" data-val-number="..." data-val-required="..." name="[0].PackageId" type="hidden" value="2" />
<ul>
<li>
<span>No. of Categories (e.g. Plumber)</span>
<input data-val="true" data-val-number="..." name="[0].PackageFeature[8].Quantity" type="text" value="1" />
<input data-val="true" data-val-number="..." data-val-required="..." name="[0].PackageFeature[8].PackageFeatureId" type="hidden" value="9" />
<input data-val="true" data-val-number="..." data-val-required="..." name="[0].PackageFeature[8].PackageId" type="hidden" value="2" />
<input data-val="true" data-val-number="..." data-val-required="..." name="[0].PackageFeature[8].FeatureId" type="hidden" value="9" />
</li>
<li>
<span>No. of Regions (e.g. Sydney City)</span>
<input data-val="true" data-val-number="..." name="[0].PackageFeature[9].Quantity" type="text" value="1" />
<input data-val="true" data-val-number="..." data-val-required="..." name="[0].PackageFeature[9].PackageFeatureId" type="hidden" value="10" />
<input data-val="true" data-val-number="..." data-val-required="..." name="[0].PackageFeature[9].PackageId" type="hidden" value="2" />
<input data-val="true" data-val-number="..." data-val-required="..." name="[0].PackageFeature[9].FeatureId" type="hidden" value="10" />
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bronze</h3>
<input data-val="true" data-val-number="..." data-val-required="..." name="[1].PackageId" type="hidden" value="3" />
<ul>
<li>
<span>No. of Categories (e.g. Plumber)</span>
<input data-val="true" data-val-number="..." name="[1].PackageFeature[8].Quantity" type="text" value="2" />
<input data-val="true" data-val-number="..." data-val-required="..." name="[1].PackageFeature[8].PackageFeatureId" type="hidden" value="19" />
<input data-val="true" data-val-number="..." data-val-required="..." name="[1].PackageFeature[8].PackageId" type="hidden" value="3" />
<input data-val="true" data-val-number="..." data-val-required="..." name="[1].PackageFeature[8].FeatureId" type="hidden" value="9" />
</li>
<li>
<span>No. of Regions (e.g. Sydney City)</span>
<input data-val="true" data-val-number="..." name="[1].PackageFeature[9].Quantity" type="text" value="4" />
<input data-val="true" data-val-number="..." data-val-required="..." name="[1].PackageFeature[9].PackageFeatureId" type="hidden" value="20" />
<input data-val="true" data-val-number="..." data-val-required="..." name="[1].PackageFeature[9].PackageId" type="hidden" value="3" />
<input data-val="true" data-val-number="..." data-val-required="..." name="[1].PackageFeature[9].FeatureId" type="hidden" value="10" />
</li>
</ul>
<!-- above repeated again for 2 more packages-->
EDIT:
Code used to generate above:
Packages/Features.cshtml:
@model List<RenovateDTL.Package>
@{
ViewBag.Title = "Package Features";
Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_OneColumnLayout.cshtml";
}
<h2>Package Features</h2>
@using (Html.BeginForm())
{
@Html.DisplayForModel()
<button type="submit">Save Changes</button>
}
Packages/DisplayTemplates/Package.cshtml:
@model RenovateDTL.Package
<h3>@Model.Title</h3>
@Html.HiddenFor(m => m.PackageId)
<ul>
@Html.EditorFor(m => m.PackageFeature)
</ul>
/Packages/EditorTemplates/PackageFeature.cshtml:
@model RenovateDTL.PackageFeature
@using RenovateDTL.Enum
@if (Model.FeatureId == (int)FeatureId.NumberOfCategoriesAllowed || Model.FeatureId == (int)FeatureId.NumberOfRegions)
{
<li>
<span>@Model.Feature.Title</span>
@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Quantity)
@Html.HiddenFor(m => m.PackageFeatureId)
@Html.HiddenFor(m => m.PackageId)
@Html.HiddenFor(m => m.FeatureId)
</li>
}