Hi Andy,

I accomplished it using a GET with @Html.BeginUmbracoForm, but it appends a upfrt to the url which is really long. I tried doing a normal @Html.BeginForm and form action..., but none of those change the view of the page. The only one that does is @Html.BeginUmbracoForm. Here is the code for the form:

@model ProductFilterModel
@using (@Html.BeginUmbracoForm("Search", "ProductSearch", new {@Model }, new { @class = "vehicle-filter group", @id = "productFilterForm" }, FormMethod.Get))
{

<div class="select">
    <select id="YearDropDownList" name="VehicleYearId" class="year" data-request-url="@Url.Action("GetVehicleYears","ProductFilter")"></select>
    @Html.HiddenFor(x => x.VehicleYear)

</div>

<div class="select">
    <select id="MakeDropDownList" name="VehicleMakeId" class="make" disabled data-request-url="@Url.Action("GetVehicleMakes","ProductFilter")"></select>
    @Html.HiddenFor(x => x.VehicleMake)



</div>

<div class="select">
    <select id="ModelDropDownList" name="VehicleModelId" class="model" disabled data-request-url="@Url.Action("GetVehicleModels","ProductFilter")"></select>
    @Html.HiddenFor(x => x.VehicleModel)

</div>


<div class="select">
    <select id="EngineDropDownList" name="VehicleEngineId" class="engine" disabled data-request-url="@Url.Action("GetVehicleEngines","ProductFilter")"></select>
    @Html.HiddenFor(x => x.VehicleEngine)
    <input type="hidden" id="previousMakeSelected"/>
</div>

<button id="search" type="submit" class="search-button" disabled>SEARCH</button>

The Search ActionResult method is here:

 public ActionResult Search(ProductFilterModel productFilterModel)
    {

        var db = new Database("productsDb");
        var productSearchResultsModel = new ProductSearchResultsModel
        {
            ProductFilterModel = productFilterModel,
            Products = db.Fetch<ProductViewModel>(@"SELECT DISTINCT(p.ProductID) As ProductId, Type, Name, PartNumber, ShortDescription
                                                    FROM Products p
                                                    INNER JOIN productlink pl on pl.ProductID = p.ProductID
                                                    INNER JOIN vehicles v on v.VehicleID = pl.VehicleID
                                                    WHERE Brand = 'SCT'
                                                    AND v.Make = @VehicleMakeId
                                                    AND v.Model = @VehicleModelId
                                                    AND v.Engine = @VehicleEngineId
                                                    AND v.Year = @VehicleYearId", new { productFilterModel.VehicleYearId, productFilterModel.VehicleMakeId, productFilterModel.VehicleModelId, productFilterModel.VehicleEngineId })
        };

        if(productSearchResultsModel.Products.Any())
            return View("~/Views/ProductsFound.cshtml",productSearchResultsModel);

        return View("~/Views/NoProductsFound.cshtml", productFilterModel);
    }

I noticed if I do a normal form with a GET or do a @Html.BeginForm, it submits the form, but it calls calls javascript and doesn't render the new view with the product results. Any ideas on why this is happening?

Nik,

I thought about doing this, but not wasn't sure if TempData was the right tool for the job?

Temp data is your best bet as is can persist against a change in request. However, you could also try ViewData first.