All,

I am tryign to redirect from one form to another and have everything correct except when I redirect to the second form i think the HTTP POST is submitting the form again on page load so that means that my validation is coming up and is not correct.

My first forms action result where I redirect to the second form taking TempData for passing from controller to controller

public ActionResult FooterFindADistributorSubmit(FindADistributorFormModel model)
    {
        var distributorPage = Umbraco.TypedContentAtRoot().DescendantsOrSelf<IPublishedContent>().Where(x => x.DocumentTypeAlias == "findADistributor").First();
        var distId = Convert.ToInt32(distributorPage.Id);

        if (ModelState.IsValid)
        {
            TempData["distZip"] = model.ZipCode;
            return RedirectToUmbracoPage(distId);
        }
        return CurrentUmbracoPage();
    }

My second controller that receives the TempData

public ActionResult RenderFindADistributorFormFull(FindADistributorFormModel model)
    {
        model.ZipCode = TempData["distZip"].ToString();
        return PartialView(LAYOUT_DIRECTORY + "_FindADistributorForm.cshtml", model);
    }

My second View that should be filling the value

@using (Html.BeginUmbracoForm("FindADistributorSubmit", "FindADistributor", FormMethod.Post)){

@Html.ValidationSummary();

<p class="dist-sentance">Enter a Zip Code</p>
@Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.ZipCode, new { @class = "lbtf-input findAdistributor", @value = Model.ZipCode })

<input type="submit" value="Search" class="button green solid dist-search">}

Here is what my second view looks like after I redirect with the correct value

Why is the form being validated when all I am doing is passing a value through TempData?

Does the RedirectToUmbracoPage do an HTTP POST and then another one when the page loads?