Question

Just wondering, I strongly type these views in ASP.NET MVC and then use Request.Form on the submit controller to get the data out, validate it, put it in an object, send to database. Is there a way I can just send the object back from the View page since it is strongly typed instead of doing all this crap to just end up with an object again since I just started with one anyways?

Answer 1

You mean, model binding?

[AcceptVerbs (HttpVerbs.Post)]
public ActionResult UpdateUser (User user)
{            
    SaveUpdates ();

    return View();
}

This will automatically initialize the User properties with the form values with the same names.

Look at this answer: ASP.Net MVC Custom Model Binding explanation

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