How to access my formcollection in action method ASP.NET mvc ?

Question

I have form collection accessed in action method ,but how to get the value of it .I tried like this

string value = collection[1];

but I am not getting the value .How can I access the value in action method.

Answer 1

If you have:

<input type="text" name="inputName" />

You could use the attribute name of the element like below:

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult yourAction(FormCollection collection)
{
     string value = Convert.ToString(collection["inputName"]);
     ...
     return View();
}    

Answer 2

I think you should attempt to stear clear of the formcollection object if you are able to, in favour of a strongly typed viewmodel. there are a few examples here on SO and i've linked the 1st one that I searched for:

passing FormCollection to controller via JQuery Post method and getting data back...

however, if you're keen to tie yourself in knots :), then here's an example iterating thro a formcollection:

http://stack247.wordpress.com/2011/03/20/iterate-through-system-web-mvc-formcollection/