Completely new to asp.net mvc… completely new to web apps so bear with me…
Lets say I have an Action on a controller that requires a specific piece of information, say an int Id value.
A view is rendered from this Action. This view contains a button which will take the user off to a new Action on another Controller.
On the view of this second Action, there is a link that will send them back to the original Action on the Controller. Obviously, I’ve lost the original Id value and therefore the information I need to render my original view. What do I need to be looking into to solve this? Are there techniques/patterns that could be used to help?
I know I can keep passing the value around but if the other controller doesn’t actually need this value it seems wasteful. I think I’m probably approaching the problem the wrong way to be honest. Any help appreciated.
But the second controller does need the id to function properly – as you’ve said, it needs the id to render the return link. Passing it around is the right thing to do.