I'd like to update a Client type entity.
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Manage(String id, FormCollection collection)
{
// Create service
ClientService service = new ClientService();
// Read existing client
Client c = service.FindByUsername(id);
// Update client by using values from submitted form collection
UpdateModel(c, "Client");
service.Update(c);
return View(c);
}
Service returns Client type entity. Client has the following properties: Username, FirstName, LastName, Id - these are the keys in submitted collection.
Additinonally, client entity has a list of orders (added by SQL Metal) as well as a Version field for object tracking.
When the UpdateModel line gets hit, it doesn't error, but the values in object c don't get updated. The problem isn't in service.Update(c)
, but in UpdateModel(c, "Client")
.
What am I doing wrong?
Thank you
Edit: Client is mapped by SQL metal.
Its attributes are as follows:
Error (Inner exception is null)
System.InvalidOperationException was unhandled by user code
Message=The model of type 'Shop.MVC.Data.Client' could not be updated.
Source=System.Web.Mvc
StackTrace:
at System.Web.Mvc.Controller.UpdateModel[TModel](TModel model, String prefix, String[] includeProperties, String[] excludeProperties, IValueProvider valueProvider)
at System.Web.Mvc.Controller.UpdateModel[TModel](TModel model)
at Shop.MVC.Web.Controllers.ClientController.Manage(String id, FormCollection collection) in C:\Codebox\ARE002\VideoPlayerPrototype\Shop.MVC.Web\Controllers\ClientController.cs:line 45
at lambda_method(Closure , ControllerBase , Object[] )
at System.Web.Mvc.ActionMethodDispatcher.Execute(ControllerBase controller, Object[] parameters)
at System.Web.Mvc.ReflectedActionDescriptor.Execute(ControllerContext controllerContext, IDictionary`2 parameters)
at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionMethod(ControllerContext controllerContext, ActionDescriptor actionDescriptor, IDictionary`2 parameters)
at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.<>c__DisplayClass15.<InvokeActionMethodWithFilters>b__12()
at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionMethodFilter(IActionFilter filter, ActionExecutingContext preContext, Func`1 continuation)
InnerException:
Problem was in a structure of HTML - there was a nested form which has caused UpdateModel method to fail as it contained FormCollection for both forms.