can't retrieve data from post in controller in ASP.Net Mvc

Question

I have two forms on my ASP.Net View,

@using (Html.BeginForm("saveData", "Home", FormMethod.Post, new { id = "validate" }))
{
<div class="formular-container">
                <div class="row">
                    <div class="col-md-3">
                        @Html.LabelFor(x => x.ccBesucherFirma)
                    </div>
                    <div class="col-md-7">
                        @Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.ccBesucherFirma, new { @class = "form-control firma" })
                        @Html.ValidationMessageFor(x => x.ccBesucherFirma)
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="row">
                    <div class="col-md-3">
                        @Html.LabelFor(x => x.ccBesucherName)
                    </div>

                    <div class="col-md-7">
                        @Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.ccBesucherName, new { @class = "form-control name" })
                        @Html.ValidationMessageFor(x => x.ccBesucherName)
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="row">
                    <div class="col-md-3">
                        @Html.LabelFor(x => x.ccBesucherDatum)
                    </div>
                    <div class="col-md-7">
                        @Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.ccBesucherDatum, new { @class = "form-control datum", ID = "datepicker", placeholder = "" })
                        @Html.ValidationMessageFor(x => x.ccBesucherDatum)
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="row">
                    <div class="col-md-3">
                        @Html.LabelFor(x => x.ccAnsprechpartnerTurck)
                    </div>
                    <div class="col-md-7">
                        @Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.ccAnsprechpartnerTurck, new { @class = "form-control contact" })
                        @Html.ValidationMessageFor(x => x.ccAnsprechpartnerTurck)
                    </div>
                </div>

                <button class="btn btn-default" id="entry" type="submit">Eintragen</button>
            </div>
        }

    @using (Html.BeginForm("editData", "Home", FormMethod.Post, new { id = "validate" }))
    {
        <div id="overlay">
            <div id="overlay-container">
                <table class="overlay-table">
                    <tr>
                        <td>@Html.LabelFor(x => x.ccBesucherFirma)</td>
                        <td>@Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.ccBesucherFirma, new { @class = "form-control overlay-input firma", disabled = "" })</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td>@Html.LabelFor(x => x.ccBesucherName)</td>
                        <td>@Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.ccBesucherName, new { @class = "form-control overlay-input name", disabled = "" })</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td>@Html.LabelFor(x => x.ccBesucherDatum)</td>
                        <td>@Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.ccBesucherDatum, new { @class = "form-control overlay-input datum", id = "datepicker", disabled = "" })</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td>@Html.LabelFor(x => x.ccAnsprechpartnerTurck)</td>
                        <td>@Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.ccAnsprechpartnerTurck, new { @class = "form-control overlay-input contact", disabled = "" })</td>
                    </tr>
                </table>
                <div id="EditResult"></div>

                <button class="btn btn-default overlay-button" type="button" id="print">Ausweis Drucken</button>
                <button class="btn btn-default overlay-button" type="button" id="edit">Bearbeiten</button>
                <button class="btn btn-default close-overlay overlay-button" type="reset" value="xModel">Schließen</button>
            </div>
        </div>
    }

One to save the data to the database and the other to edit mistakes in the data. I read that it would possible to use two forms, without a problem so I just put another form in my view and hoped for the best. Now my problem is, that the second form won't post any data to my controller. For this I tried alot of ways but none succeeded. Here are my tries:

First I tried to use a form like you see above in my View. I need to mention something with the form, I'm editing the edit button with jquery so that it gets the attribute type="submit" because I don't want to delete and create the button.

In Javascript/Jquery with ajax:

        var firma = $(".firma").val();
        var name = $(".name").val();
        var datum = $(".datum").val();
        var contact = $(".contact").val();
        var formData = [firma,name,datum,contact];

        $.ajax({
            url: "/Home/editData",
            type: "POST",
            dataType: "json",
            data: JSON.stringify(formData),
            success: function(myData) {
                $("#EditResult").html(myData);
            }
        });

And at last my Controller, where the data should end up:

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult editData(BesucherausweisModel xFormData)
{

    var a = xFormData;

    return View("Index");
}

EDIT: Here's the class:

[Required]
[Display(Name = "Firma")]
public string ccBesucherFirma { get; set; }
[Required]
[Display(Name = "Name")]
public string ccBesucherName { get; set; }
[Required]
[Display(Name = "Datum")]
public string ccBesucherDatum { get; set; }
[Required]
[Display(Name = "Ansprechpartner")]
public string ccAnsprechpartnerTurck { get; set; }

Can anybody tell what I'm doing wrong here?

EDIT: Ok, my Instructor told me to not work on this project anymore, I still thank you for your help.

Answer 1

I believe you serialization misses properties names. Add unique ids to your forms and try this instead:

$.ajax({
        url: "/Home/editData",
        type: "POST",
        dataType: "json",
        data: $('#some-unique-id').serialize(),
        success: function(myData) {
            $("#EditResult").html(myData);
        }
    });

Answer 2

Hi you are in right direction, only need some correction in ajax call. Find below code:

step 1) Confirm your BesucherausweisModel having public properties for below attributes:

class BesucherausweisModel
{
    public string Firma {get; set;}
    public string Name {get; set;}
    public string Datum {get; set;}
    public string Ansprechpartner {get; set;}
}

step 2) pass data by ajax call like below way:

var xFormData = {};
xFormData.Firma = $(".firma").val();
xFormData.Name = $(".name").val();
xFormData.Datum = $(".datum").val();
xFormData.Ansprechpartner = $(".contact").val();

$.ajax({
    url: "/Home/editData",
    type: "POST",
    dataType: "json",
    contentType: "application/json",
    data: JSON.stringify(xFormData),
    success: function(myData) {
        $("#EditResult").html(myData);
    }
});

Please let me know, is this works for you?