Question

I have a Partial view (Login, with username, password and Submit button), and the partial view is being used on my _layout (materpage).

So, on my _layout page, I have:

<div style="text-align: right">
    @Html.Partial("_LoginPartial")
</div>

My _LoginPartial has the following code:

    @if (Request.IsAuthenticated)
{
    <textarea>Welcome!
        [ @Html.ActionLink("Log Off", "Logout", "Account")]</textarea>

}
else
{
    @Html.Partial("~/Views/Account/Index.cshtml")
}

The Index file to display the login box looks like this:

  @using GalleryPresentation.Models
@model LoginModel

<script src="../../Scripts/jquery.validate.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
@using (Html.BeginForm("index", "Account"))
{
    <table>
        <tr>
            <td>@Html.LabelFor(m => m.Username)</td>
            <td>@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Username)</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>@Html.LabelFor(m => m.Password)</td>
            <td>@Html.PasswordFor(m => m.Password) kjkj</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td colspan="2"><input type="submit" value="Login"/></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td colspan="2">@Html.ValidationSummary()</td>
        </tr>
    </table>

}

In my AccountCOntroller, I have the following code:

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

    [HttpPost]
    public ActionResult Index(LoginModel loginModel)
    {
        if(ModelState.IsValid)
        {
            var g = new GallaryImage();
            var user = g.LoginUser(loginModel.Username, loginModel.Password);
            if(user != null) 
            {
                FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie(user.username, false);
                return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home");
            }
            ModelState.AddModelError("", "Invalid Username/Password");
        }
        return View(loginModel);
    }

    public ActionResult Logout()
    {
        FormsAuthentication.SignOut();
        return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home");
    }

I have breakpoints on all methods – but they never get hit. Pressing the submit button simply changes my URL to:

http://localhost:8741/?Username=myusername&Password=mypassword

Can anyone spot the error I am making?

Answer 1

Since Html.BeginForm defaults to making GET requests, you are making a GET request with from your view. However, your action only accepts POST requests.

You can change @using (Html.BeginForm("index", "Account"))
to @using (Html.BeginForm("index", "Account", FormMethod.Post)).