MVC Razor button click even pass parameter with it

Question

I'm new to MVC Razor.

I have this view:

@model SuburbanCustPortal.Models.CustomerModel

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Customer Summary";
}

<h2>Customer Summary Screen</h2>
<p>
    Please select an account below or add an existing account.
</p>

<script src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery.validate.min.js")" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js")" type="text/javascript"></script>

@using (Html.BeginForm())
{
  @Html.ValidationSummary(true, "Account creation was unsuccessful. Please correct the errors and try again.")

  <div>
    <fieldset>
      <legend>Existing Accounts</legend>

      @Html.Action("ExistingAccounts2")

      <p>
        <input type="submit" value="Add an Account" />
      </p>


    </fieldset>
  </div>
}

Which calls this method:

[Authorize]
public ActionResult ExistingAccounts2()
{
  return PartialView("ExistingAccounts", _client.RequestCustomersForAccount(User.Identity.Name));
}

Which in turn calls this partial view:

@model IEnumerable<SuburbanCustPortal.SuburbanService.CustomerData >

<br />
<br />
<table>

  @if (Model != null)
  {
    foreach (var usr in Model)
    {
      <tr>      
        <td>
          <input id="btnShowCustomer" name="btnShowCustomer2" type="submit" value="View"/>           
        </td>
        <td>
          @usr.AccountId
        </td>
        <td>
          @usr.Name
        </td>
@*        <td>
          @usr.DeliveryStreet
        </td>*@
      </tr>
    }
  }

</table>
<br />

Which ends up displaying this:

This works up to this point.

What I want to so is be able to click on the button next to the customer's name and it pull up the customer's account.

How do I tie that customer to the button to know who to pull up and how do have the button click pull it up?

Answer 1

You need to pass the Customer Number back once the button is clicked:

If you have the customer number as a property in the Model you could do something like:

<input id="btnShowCustomer" data-customerNumber="@usr.CustomerNumber" />

You could then POST this data to the Server using an @Html.ActionLink, @Ajax.ActionLink, or jQuery:

Action Link

@Html.ActionLink("LoadInfo", "Info", new {[email protected]})

jQuery

$("#btnShowCustomer").click(function() {

 var customerId = $("#btnShowCustomer").attr("data-customerNumber");
  $.ajax({ 
       type: "POST", 
       data: "customerId=" + customerId, 
       url: '@Url.Action("MyAction", "MyController")', 
       success: function (result) { 

       } 
 });