I have page witha table and a button. When I push the button a partial view loads into a div. On the partial view there is an ajax form which sends back the partial view with validation error in case of wrong form data but I want to remove the partial view and refresh the table in case of successful insertion. The form header:
@using (Ajax.BeginForm("RequestInsert", "Home", new AjaxOptions { HttpMethod = "POST", UpdateTargetId = "requestForm" }, new { id = "reqins" }))
The jQuery submit event handler on the host page:
$(document).on('submit', '#reqins', function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
let data = $("form :input").serializeArray();
$.ajax({
url: '@Url.Action("RequestInsert", "Home")'
,type: "POST"
,data: { "__RequestVerificationToken": token, "model": data }
})
.done(function (data) {
$("#requestForm").html("");
table.search('').columns().search('').draw();
})
.fail(function (jqXHR, textStatus) {
alert("fail");
});
});
I am a little confused with the partial view and ajax form.
Since your objective is checking validation status from AJAX response, you can use if condition against AJAX response as shown below:
$('#reqins').submit(function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
let data = $('form :input').serializeArray();
$.ajax({
url: '@Url.Action("RequestInsert", "Home")',
type: 'POST',
data: { "__RequestVerificationToken": token, "model": data },
success: function (result) {
// check valid response
if (result.invalid) {
$('#requestForm').html(result.form);
}
else {
$('#requestForm').html(result);
table.search('').columns().search('').draw();
}
},
error: function (jqXHR, textStatus) {
alert("fail");
}
});
});
Then inside controller action you can return both validation status and partial view using Controller.Json()
with RenderViewToString()
extension method provided here:
[HttpPost]
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public ActionResult RequestInsert(ViewModel model)
{
// perform validation here
// assume IsValid is a boolean returned from validation status
if (IsValid)
{
// successful validation, return empty form
return PartialView("FormPartialView");
}
else
{
// validation failed, return failure status and previously-filled form
return Json(new { invalid = true, form = RenderViewToString(PartialView("FormPartialView", model)) });
}
}