Question

I have the following view:

<h2>enter the student name to search</h2>

@using (Html.BeginForm())
{
  <label>Search:</label>
  <input type="text" name="searchString" />
  <input type="submit" name="submit" />
}

and the view corresponds to following controller

namespace Searching.Controllers
{ 
   public class SearchController : Controller
   //somecode

   [HttpPost] 
   public ActionResult SearchIndex(FormCollection formCollection)
   {
      string searchString=formCollection["searchString"];
      var search = from m in db.Searches select m;
      if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(searchString))
      {
        search = search.Where(s => s.Name.Contains(searchString));
      }
      return View(search);
    }
  }
}

the controller name is SearchController.cs and the name of the method to pass form is SearchIndex.
What should be the parameter inside the Html.BeginForm().I am a begginer.

Answer 1

Html.BeginForm("SearchIndex", "Search", .....)

You should read this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd410596.aspx