I've looked at many other stack overflow questions with people reporting this question but none of them managed to help. But I'm getting the error only when I try to apply some sort of validation to the models attributes and when I attempt to enforce that validition (e.g put return date before departure date). If I choose the correct value it works.
public int Id { get; set; }
[Required(ErrorMessage = "-Select-")]
public string Departure { get; set; }
[Required(ErrorMessage = "-Select-")]
public string Arrivals { get; set; }
[Required(ErrorMessage = "Date Expected!")]
[DataType(DataType.Date)]
public System.DateTime DepartureDate { get; set; }
[Required(ErrorMessage = "Date Expected!")]
[DataType(DataType.Date)]
[GreaterThan("DepartureDate", ErrorMessage="Retrun date must be after departure date!")]
public System.DateTime ReturnDate { get; set; }
The view:
<p>From: </p>
@Html.DropDownList("Departures", ViewData["departures"] as List<SelectListItem>);
@Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Departure, "Please choose a location");
<p>To: </p>
@Html.DropDownList("Arrivals", ViewData["arrivals"] as List<SelectListItem>);
@Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Arrivals, "Please choose a location");
(Select list is initialized in my controller)
Departures.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "Bristol", Value = "Bristol" });
ViewData["departures"] = Departures;
There is a lot more .Add's and this is also repeated for arrivals
[HttpGet]
public ActionResult BookFlight()
{
// Check if the user is logged in, if not redirect to log in page
if (User.Identity.IsAuthenticated)
{
Departures.Add(new SelectListItem { Text="-Select-", Value="0" });
Departures.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "London", Value = "London" });
Departures.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "Manchester", Value = "Manchester" });
Departures.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "Edinburgh", Value = "Edinburgh" });
Departures.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "East Midlands", Value = "East Midlands" });
Departures.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "Bristol", Value = "Bristol" });
ViewData["departures"] = Departures;
Arrivals.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "-Select- ", Value = "0" });
Arrivals.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "Paris", Value = "Paris" });
Arrivals.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "Barcelona", Value = "Barcelona" });
Arrivals.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "Madrid", Value = "Madrid" });
Arrivals.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "Amsterdam", Value = "Amsterdam" });
Arrivals.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "Prague", Value = "Prague" });
Arrivals.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "Nice", Value = "Nice" });
Arrivals.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "Milan", Value = "Milan" });
Arrivals.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "Geneva", Value = "Geneva" });
Arrivals.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "Rome", Value = "Rome" });
ViewData["arrivals"] = Arrivals;
return View();
}
else
return RedirectToAction("../User/LogIn");
}
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult BookFlight(FlightDetailsMD flights, FormCollection form)
{
Random rand = new Random();
Random rand2 = new Random();
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
var departureVal = form["departures"];
var arrivalVal = form["arrivals"];
using (var db = new FlightDetailsEntities())
{
var user = db.FlightDetails.Create();
user.Id = rand.Next(100000, 199999) + rand2.Next(100000, 199999);
user.Departure = departureVal;
user.Arrivals = arrivalVal;
user.DepartureDate = flights.DepartureDate;
user.ReturnDate = flights.ReturnDate;
db.FlightDetails.Add(user);
db.SaveChanges();
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
mail.To.Add(User.Identity.Name);
mail.From = new MailAddress(User.Identity.Name);
mail.Subject = "Booking Confirmation";
string Body = "Email from: <i>insert company name</i><br><br> Your booking is confirmed! You are going to " + user.Arrivals +
" on " + string.Format("{0:dd/MM/yyyy}", user.DepartureDate) + " and returning to " + user.Departure + " on " + string.Format("{0:dd/MM/yyyy}", user.ReturnDate) +
".<br> Thank you for booking with us and we hope you have a nice time!" + "<br><h2>Reference #" + user.Id + "</h2>";
mail.Body = Body;
mail.IsBodyHtml = true;
//SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient();
using (SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient())
{
client.EnableSsl = true;
client.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
client.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(User.Identity.Name, "RecurveBow");
client.Host = "smtp.live.com";
client.Port = 587;
client.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
client.Send(mail);
}
/*
ViewData["departures"] = Departures;
ViewData["arrivals"] = Arrivals;
*/
/*
ViewData["departures"] = " ";
ViewData["arrivals"] = " ";
*/
return RedirectToAction("BookingDetails", "Home");
}
}
return View();
}
