Reading selected checkboxes as int

Question

I have a database generated model with an int property (not list or anything fancy). Trying to map this property to 2 checkboxes that represent "contact method".

text, 2. email, or both, and read this as a single number in the DB column 1, 2 or 3 for both.

Tried setting the values in regular html inputs and using @html.checkboxfor(x => x.boolproperty), what I can't figure out is how to get a value from both checkboxes.

Please mark the answer as "answered" if it is an good answer for your question — Svenmarim, Dec 11 '18 at 08:17

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 10 '18 at 16:13

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x is your viewmodel and boolproperty is a field of the viewmodel. If you do the same as you do right now for the second checkbox aswel (so create a second field in the viewmodel for that) and then check in the controller:

int number = 0;
if (boolproperty && !boolproperty2)
{
 number = 1;
}
else if (!boolproperty && boolproperty2)
{
 number = 2;
}
else if (boolproperty && boolproperty2)
{
 number = 3;
}

answered Dec 10 '18 at 16:13

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This is sort of what I was looking for to make this work, appreciated. – Tober Dec 11 '18 at 08:42

Reading selected checkboxes as int

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