How do I pass in multiple parameters to a controller?

Question

I am creating a simple search feature in my application and I want to use KendoUI MultiSelect. I need to pass the parameters into the controller but it will only pass the first one you select not them all. How can I pass multiple parameters into my controller? or is my approach incorrect for this type of thing?

Here is my code.

The view:

@using (Html.BeginForm())
{       
    @(Html.Kendo().MultiSelect()
    .Name("vessel_type")            
    .Placeholder("-- Type --")
    .AutoBind(false)            
    .BindTo(new List<string>() {
            "AHTS",
            "PSV",
            "Tug"
          }))

    <input type="submit" value="Search" />
}

My Controller:

public ActionResult Index(string vessel_type)
    {
        var thevessels = from o in db.tbl_vessels
                         select o;

        if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(vessel_type))
        {
            thevessels = thevessels.Where(x =>
                x.vessel_type.Contains(vessel_type));
        }

        return View(thecvessels);            

    }       

As you can see I am accepting the string from vessel_type but I need it to take as many as the user chooses as there can be more than one. Any ideas?

Many thanks

Answer 1

Though it may not be the cleanest solution you could use $('#vessel_type').data('kendoMultiSelect').value() then concat the results into a string and ajax them down to your controller. Have you tried using string[] vessel_type yet?