How do I create a simple seach box with a submit button to bring back a result set in MVC?
- by RJ
I am very new to MVC and just learning the basics. I have been following along in Nerd Dinner and used the demo as a way to create my own app. I have created a page that lists out some food items with calories, fat, protein,etc... (http://rjsfitness.net/CalorieList) This is one of my own personal sites that I set up to test out MVC. I got a lot of it working but I am stuck on the textbox with a search button.
My view page has this code for the search:
<form action="/CalorieList/Search" method="post" id="searchForm">
<input type="text" name="searchTerm" id="searchTerm" value="" size="10" maxlength ="30" />
<input type ="submit" value="Search" />
</form>
My global.asax has this code for the routing:
routes.MapRoute(
"Search", // Route name
"CalorieList/Search/{searchTerm}", // URL with parameters
new { controller = "CalorieList", action = "Search", search = "" } // Parameter defaults
);
My Controller has this code:
public ActionResult Index(int? page)
{
const int pageSize = 10;
//load a list with the calorie list
var calorieLists = calorieListRepository.GetAllCalorieLists();
//var paginatedCalorieLists = calorieLists.Skip((page ?? 0) * pageSize).Take(pageSize).ToList();
var paginatedCalorieLists = new PaginatedList<CalorieList>(calorieLists, page ?? 0, pageSize);
return View("Index", paginatedCalorieLists);
}
public ActionResult Search(String searchTerm)
{
const int pageSize = 100;
int? page = 0;
var calorieLists = calorieListRepository.GetCalorieListsBySearch(searchTerm);
var paginatedCalorieLists = new PaginatedList<CalorieList>(calorieLists, page ?? 0, pageSize);
return View("Index", paginatedCalorieLists);
}
return View("Index", paginatedCalorieLists);
}
When I enter a value and click the button, the Index method fires instead of the Seach method in the controller and I get the full list again. If I manually type the url (http://rjsfitness.net/CalorieList/Search/choc) I get the right listing.
Why isn't my button click using the right routing and giving me the search results?
