Question

how do i pass the value of the form, which is (i assume) a string of date to the controller…

here is my view:

<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
$(function () {
    $(".datepicker").datepicker({ onSelect: function (dateText, inst) { $("FORM").submit(); },
        altField: ".alternate"
    });

});

</script>
@model IEnumerable<CorReservation.Models.Reservation>
@{
ViewBag.Title = "Index";
}
<div class="divRightSide">

<div>
    <div class="datepicker">
    </div>
    <form action="/" title="fff">
    <input type="text" class="alternate" readonly="readonly" />
    </form>
</div>
// do something eg.  foreach (var item in Model)
        { @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Date)}

here is my controller: i want to pass the date selected from the datepicker to the controller and then the controller would return an Ienumerable of reservations…

    DateTime date = System.DateTime.Now;
    private ReservationEntities db = new ReservationEntities();

    public ViewResult Index()
    {
        return View();
    }

    [HttpPost]
    public ActionResult Index(string dateInput)
    {

        date = Convert.ToDateTime(dateInput);

        var reservations = db.Reservations.Where(r=> r.Date ==date).Include(r => r.Employee).Include(r => r.Room).OrderByDescending(r => r.Date);

        return View(reservations);
    }

Answer 1

There are 2 ways to do this. Make the form input name attribute match the expected attribute in your controller.

For example:

<input type="text" class="alternate" readonly="readonly" name="dateInput" />

Or if there’s going to be a lot of input values, use a Model.