How can you do multiple saves of a model in one submit?

Question

I have a model:

public class CustomerAttributes
{
    public Int Id { get; set; }
    public string value { get; set; }
}

my create view looks like this:

    <div class="editor-label">
        @Html.Label("Name")
    </div>
    <div class="editor-field">
        @Html.EditorFor(model => model.Value)
        @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Value)
    </div>

    <div class="editor-label">
        @Html.Label("Age")
    </div>
    <div class="editor-field">
        @Html.EditorFor(model => model.Value)
        @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Value)
    </div>

    <div class="editor-label">
        @Html.Label("Height")
    </div>
    <div class="editor-field">
        @Html.EditorFor(model => model.Value)
        @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Value)
    </div>

So each textbox will be a new record in the database. Is it possible to do something like this? How can I handle this? Also my biggest problem is that each field could be a textbox or a combobox or a radio.... etc... Name might a textbox for example but age might be a combobox.... I know I have all textboxes now but that could change.

Do you have a set amount of values you wish to create or is it user defined? — Mick Walker, Dec 11 '12 at 15:52
it is not a set amount, it can grow and shrink based on some conditions — Pittfall, Dec 11 '12 at 16:05
try this http://blog.stevensanderson.com/2010/01/28/editing-a-variable-length-list-aspnet-mvc-2-style/ — wes, Dec 11 '12 at 16:19

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 11 '12 at 15:56

I would personally suggest creating a IEnumerable ViewModel of your CustomerAttributes model.

This way you could pass multiple values back to the controller.

Each time you added the new form elements (assuming you are adding them dynamically), you would just create a new item within the model.

Pittfall · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-11T21:41:59.587

The link provided in a comment was helpful:

http://blog.stevensanderson.com/2010/01/28/editing-a-variable-length-list-aspnet-mvc-2-style/

To add to that, there could be a ViewModel that can hold a string or an enum or something to specify what type of control to display and with that some partial views that display the different controls. Then iterate through and display each control in the view based on that specifier.

How can you do multiple saves of a model in one submit?

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