How to modify posted form data within controller action before sending to view?
- by Gary
I want to render the same view after a successful action (rather than use RedirectToAction), but I need to modify the model data that is rendered to that view. The following is a contrived example that demonstrates two methods that that do not work:
[AcceptVerbs("POST")]
public ActionResult EditProduct(int id, [Bind(Include="UnitPrice, ProductName")]Product product) {
NORTHWNDEntities entities = new NORTHWNDEntities();
if (ModelState.IsValid) {
var dbProduct = entities.ProductSet.First(p => p.ProductID == id);
dbProduct.ProductName = product.ProductName;
dbProduct.UnitPrice = product.UnitPrice;
entities.SaveChanges();
}
/* Neither of these work */
product.ProductName = "This has no effect";
ViewData["ProductName"] = "This has no effect either";
return View(product);
}
Does anyone know what the correct method is for accomplishing this?
