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    copied!<p>First post time,</p> <p>I've been playing around with MVC abit... I have a view which has multiple input fields, some of these fields can be blank on post.</p> <p>The action method inside the controller for the post looks something like this</p> <pre><code>public ActionResult Filter(int? id, string firstName, string lastName, bool? isMember) </code></pre> <p>I've been using the DynamicQuery extension which has been kicking around in order to perform dynamic Linq querys on my database and I've encapsulated this in a Search object which is passed to the data access layer for execusion.</p> <p>However, I also have a customized ViewData object which is passed back to the view for displaying the input values and the results of the query.</p> <p>It all looks a little nasty in code as I'm having to set both the Search object properties AND the ViewDatas.</p> <pre><code>public ActionResult Filter(int? id, string firstName, string lastName, bool? isMember) { var search = new Search { Id = id, FirstName = firstName, LastName = lastName, Member = isMember }; var memberViewData = new MemberViewData { Id = id, FirstName = firstName, LastName = lastName, Member = isMember }; memberViewData.Results = _dataRepository.GetMember(search); return View("Search", memberViewData); } </code></pre> <p>Am I over thinking this and really should just pass the values to the data access layer and populate the ViewData in the controller, or is there a much more elegant pattern or practise I could use?</p> <p>Sorry if this seems dump, not allot of people to bounce ideas off and time to dig into the framework.</p>
 

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