Question

Thank you for taking the time to read this.. i have created a model and then created the index,create,edit,delete views using a controller. by default the system gives you views that have edit boxes and labels like this….

<div class="editor-label">
@Html.LabelFor(Function(model) model.LessonDate)
    </div>
    <div class="editor-field">
        @Html.EditorFor(Function(model) model.LessonDate)
        @Html.ValidationMessageFor(Function(model) model.LessonDate)
    </div>

i want to change this editor field to a date time picker. the code i have for the date tim picker is:

<input id="demo2" type="text" size="25">
<a href="javascript:NewCal('demo2','ddmmmyyyy',true,12)">
<img src="images/cal.gif" width="16" height="16" border="0" alt="Pick a date"></a>

the date time picker works and appears on the view but it does not save the date to the database i have… how do i achieve this?

thank you in advance for reading this

Answer 1

you need to use the name to send the information back to the controller I think all you need to do is to add the name

<input id="demo2" name="LessonDate" type="text" size="25">