return bool from asp.net mvc actionresult

Question

I submitted a form via jquery, but I need the ActionResult to return true or false.

this is the code which for the controller method:

    [HttpPost]     public ActionResult SetSchedule(FormCollection collection)     {         try         {             // TODO: Add update logic here              return true; //cannot convert bool to actionresult         }         catch         {             return false; //cannot convert bool to actionresult         }     } 

How would I design my JQuery call to pass that form data and also check if the return value is true or false. How do I edit the code above to return true or false?

Answer 1

You could return a json result in form of a bool or with a bool property. Something like this:

[HttpPost] public ActionResult SetSchedule(FormCollection collection) {     try     {         // TODO: Add update logic here          return Json(true);     }     catch     {         return Json(false);     } } 

Answer 2

IMHO you should use JsonResult instead of ActionResult (for code maintainability).

To handle the response in Jquery side:

$.getJSON(  '/MyDear/Action',  {     MyFormParam: $('MyParamSelector').val(),    AnotherFormParam: $('AnotherParamSelector').val(),  },  function(data) {    if (data) {      // Do this please...    }  }); 

Hope it helps : )