Question

So I have some javascript code that sends data to my controller:

Javascript:

<script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $("#newGrade").click(function () {
                var newGradeName = $("#newGradeName").val();
                var newGradeValue = $("#newGradeValue").val();
                var vSchoolID = $("#SchoolID").val();

                if (newGradeName != null && newGradeValue != null) {
                    $.ajax({
                        url: '@Url.Action("NewGrade", "School")',
                        data: { gradeName: newGradeName, gradeValue: newGradeValue, schoolID: vSchoolID },
                        type: 'POST',
                        traditional: true,
                        success: function (data) {
                            if (data.status)
                                window.location = data.route;
                        },
                        error: function () {
                            return false;
                        }
                    });
                }
            });
        });
    </script>

Controller:

  public ActionResult NewGrade(String gradeName, Int32 gradeValue, Guid schoolID)
    {
        School school = schoolRepository.GetByID(schoolID);
        school.Grades.Add(
            new Grade
            {
                GradeID = Guid.NewGuid(),
                Name = gradeName,
                NumericalValue = gradeValue
            });
        schoolRepository.Update(school);
        schoolRepository.Save();
        if (Request.IsAjaxRequest())
        {
            var json = new { status = true, route = Url.RouteUrl(new { action = "Edit", id = schoolID }) };
            return Json(json, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
        }
        return View();
    }

My issue now is I want to return to my Edit page (possibly refreshing the page, but not the data, or just refresh the entire page), but my Edit page takes an ID (schoolID). Shown here when pressing the button to get to the Edit page:

<a href="@Url.Action("Edit", "School", new { id = Model.School.SchoolID })"><i class="icon-pencil"></i>&nbsp;Edit</a>

Answer 1

Try window.location.href and see what happens.

success: function(data) {
                        if (data.status)
                            window.location.href = data.route;
                    },

This should work fine assuming you are getting a JSON reponse from your action method like

{"status":"true","route":"/School/Edit/1"}

where 1 is the ID of new record.