Question

I’m new to asp.net, Im posting all my data to server using $.post (Jquery syntax).

Action of controller is executed @ the end I’m calling RedirectToAction to different action method, after completion of action method execution.

Eecution reaches to completed callback event of $.Post() where im loading result of request in html to root element of page. $(html).html(results).

How can i use $.post with RedirectToAction

Answer 1

What’s the point of using AJAX when you replace the whole page? The whole point of AJAX is to refresh only a certain portion of the DOM. If you are going to refresh your entire page, then simply use a standard link, no need of AJAX. But if we suppose that your controller action handles 2 cases: one in which it returns a partial view and one in which it redirects, you could pass the target url as JSON:

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult SomeAction()
{
    if (Something)
    {
        return PartialView();
    }

    return Json(new { redirectTo = Url.Action("Foo", "Bar") });
}

and then on the client:

$.post('@Url.Action("SomeAction")', function(result) {
    if (result.redirectTo) {
        // the controller action passed us the url to redirect to
        window.location.href = result.redirectTo;
    } else {
        // the controller action passed us a partial result => 
        // let's update some portion of the DOM
        $('#someId').html(result);
    }
});