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Save changes function not properly updating the database

So, I have a button that triggers a javascript function, that calls an AJAX request, that calls an actionresult that should update my database.
Javascript Call
function changeDepartment() {
// Initiate and value variables,
var id = $('#requestId').val();
var user = $('#contactUser').val();
// Bind variables to data object
var data = { id: id }
// Ajax call with data.
$.ajax({
url: '#Url.Action("changeDepartmentActionResult", "ManageRequestResearch")',
type: "POST",
dataType: 'json',
data: data,
success: function (data, textStatus, XmlHttpRequest) {
var name = data.name;
window.location.href = '#Url.Action("Index", "ManageRequestResearch")';
$('#btn-input').val('');
},
error: function (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
alert("responseText: " + jqXHR.responseText);
}
});
alert(data);
And then, I have the action result:
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult changeDepartmentActionResult(string id)
{
var moadEntities = new MOADEntities();
moadEntities.Configuration.AutoDetectChangesEnabled = false;
var researchBusiness = new ResearchRequestBusiness(moadEntities);
var request = researchBusiness.FetchRequestById(Convert.ToInt32(id));
var directoryObject = GetActiveDirectoryObject(request.Requestor);
var requstorDisplayName = directoryObject != null ? directoryObject.DisplayName : request.RequestorFullName;
var researchRequestFileBusiness = new ResearchRequestFilesBusiness(moadEntities);
var requestFiles = researchRequestFileBusiness.FetchFilesByRequestId(Convert.ToInt32(id));
var viewModel = new ManageSelectedRequestResearchViewModel()
{
RequestDetails = request,
RequestActivity = request.tbl_ResearchRequestActivity.Select(d => d).ToList(),
Files = requestFiles
};
moadEntities.Configuration.AutoDetectChangesEnabled = false;
if (request.GovernmentEnrollment == true)
{
request.GovernmentEnrollment = false;
request.ManagedCare = true;
moadEntities.SaveChanges();
}
else
{
request.ManagedCare = false;
request.GovernmentEnrollment = true;
moadEntities.SaveChanges();
}
return Json("Status changed successfully", JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}
From what I have observed, it returns the right record, it makes the changes properly, and it hits the Context.SaveChanges();
when debugging -- i can see before the save changes is made that the values have indeed changed, however--inside the database, no changes are saved.
In addition, i have checked to see that the connection strings are valid.
Any idea what may be causing this?
Thanks ahead of time!

It seems that you are modifying an entity while auto detecting changes are disabled.
If it is intentional then you should inform the context that the entity has been changed.
I assume that MOADEntities is derived from DbContext. So instead of this:
if (request.GovernmentEnrollment == true)
{
request.GovernmentEnrollment = false;
request.ManagedCare = true;
moadEntities.SaveChanges();
}
else
{
request.ManagedCare = false;
request.GovernmentEnrollment = true;
moadEntities.SaveChanges();
}
I would try this:
// Simplify the if..else block
request.ManagedCare = request.GovernmentEnrollment;
request.GovernmentEnrollment = !request.GovernmentEnrollment;
// Notifying the context that the 'request' entity has been modified.
// EntityState enum is under System.Data.Entity namespace
moadEntities.Entry(request).State = EntityState.Modified;
// Now we can save the changes.
moadEntities.SaveChanges();

How to pass dictionary from ajax to controller [duplicate]

I am wanting to pass a dictionary of type <int,int> to my controller via an Ajax post.
The main reason here is the post may have between 1-3 key value pairs here (none of these values are known at compile time) and in the future it may go up to 5.
Also in the post I have to pass in some other data, such as Id and name, which all works as normal.
How would I construct this dictionay in the javascript then send it via the JQuery post and finally receive it on the controller to process?
Edit 2:
I have decided to just solve this with a post for each value instead of trying to pass a dictionary.
EDIT:
Here is my source for the function so you can see what I am trying:
function BindAddMenuItem() {
$(".AddMenuItem").click(function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
//get header id from link by removing addmenuitem from this.id
var currentId = $(this).attr("id").replace("AddMenuItem", "");
//get itemnumber, itemname, itemdetails from textboxes with same header id
var restaurantId = jQuery.trim($("#RestaurantId").val());
var itemNumber = jQuery.trim($("#ItemNumber" + currentId).val());
var itemName = jQuery.trim($("#ItemName" + currentId).val());
var itemDetails = jQuery.trim($("#ItemDetails" + currentId).val());
var costs = new Object();
//select all textboxes with class "Header" + currentId
$(".Header" + currentId).each(function (i) {
var optionId = $(this).attr("id").replace("Option", "");
costs[optionId] = $(this).val();
});
$.ajax(
{
type: "POST",
url: "/Menu/AddMenuItem",
data: "reastaurantId=" + restaurantId + "&menuHeaderId=" + currentId + "&itemNumber=" + itemNumber + "&itemName=" + itemName + "&itemDetails=" + itemDetails + "&costs=" + costs,
dataType: "html",
success: function (result) {
var domElement = $(result);
$("#MenuContainer").replaceWith(domElement);
var newNum = parseInt(itemNumber) + 1;
$("#ItemNumber" + currentId).val(newNum);
BindAllBehaviours();
}
});
});
}

Something like (javascript)
dict = new Object();
dict['12'] = 5;
dict['13'] = 6;
dict['1000'] = 21;
dict['9'] = 13;
dict['13'] = 48;
$.post('/client.mvc/mypostaction/', { myDictionary: dict });
You can then post the dict object to your controller using a Dictionary<int, int> as property type.
ActionResult MyPostAction(Dictionary<string, int> myDictionary)
edit from author's code second time:
The following works for me, when having a Dictionary<string, int> kvPairs. <int, int> isn't going to work after all.
Make your post like:
var dict = new Object();
dict['13'] = 9;
dict['14'] = 10;
dict['2'] = 5;
$.post('controller.mvc/Test', { 'kvPairs': dict }, function(obj) { $('#output').html(obj.Count); });

JavaScript object / dictionary has to be passed as a list of key-value pairs to ASP.NET MVC controller when Dictionary<TKey, TValue> is expected. Example:
If you have a dictionary like this:
public Dictionary<string, decimal?> SomeMapping { get; set; }
then you have to use something like this in your JavaScript:
var sourceMapping = { a: 1, b: 1.5, c: null };
var SomeMapping = [];
for (var key in sourceMapping) {
if (sourceMapping.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
SomeMapping.push({ Key: key, Value: sourceMapping[key] });
}
}
I've used this approach in asynchronous POST request (sent using jQuery) that had content type set to 'application/json' (this may or may not be important in your case).

Client (JavaScript):
var dict = new Object();
dict.Key1 = "Value1"
dict.Key2 = "Value2"
$.post('/YourController/YourAction/', dict);
NOTE: The "dict" objects gets serialized behind the scenes before being sent to your action.
Server:
public ActionResult YourAction()
{
string postData = string.Empty;
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(Request.InputStream))
{
postData = sr.ReadToEnd();
}
//Load post data into JObject (Newtonsoft.Json)
JObject o = JObject.Parse(postData);
//Extract each key/val
string val1 = (string)o["Key1"];
//Do whatever....
}

None of these worked for me except for mczers, but he doesn't show all the steps, and makes it difficult when you're trying to remember how you set up an ajax request. So I wanted to put everything that actually just works. First, in JavaScript:
var validDict = new Array();
validDict[0] = { key: 1, value: 4 }
validDict[1] = { key: 42, value: 5}
var path = "#Url.Action("ControllerName", "ActionName")";
$.ajax({
url: path,
type: "POST",
data: JSON.stringify(validDict),
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
async:false,
success: function(status, xhr)
{
alert(status);
},
error: function(xhr, status, error)
{
alert(error);
}});
Then in your controller:
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult ActionName(Dictionary<int, int> validDict)
{
// doStuff();
return Content("Success");
}

A dictionary of the kind IDictionary<string, string> on server side can be posted from javascript like
{"Key1": "Value1", "Key2": "Value2"}
on the Server Side in ASP.NET Web API
[HttpPost]
public IHttpActionResult([FromBody]IDictionary<string, string> requestParam){
}
Above example is for an Http POST with the Json data in the Body

For passing a Dictionary I found the following working answer:
submitting-a-dictionary-to-an-asp-net-mvc-action
#model WebApplication3.Controllers.ExampleViewModel #{ ViewBag.Title = "New";
var first = Guid.NewGuid(); var second = Guid.NewGuid(); }
<h2>New</h2>
#using (Html.BeginForm(new { action = "create", controller = "home" })) {
foreach (var kvp in Model.Values) {
<p>
<input type="text" name="Model.Values[#first].Key" value="#kvp.Key" />
<input type="text" name="Model.Values[#first].Value" value="#kvp.Value" />
<input type="hidden" name="Model.Values.Index" value="#first" />
</p>
}
you have to generate A Guid for the dictionary index, and you have to create 3 inputs, one for the Key, one for the Value and one for the Index of the Dictionary
Also I have submited using Jquery with the following:
$('form#frmFormId').submit(function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
var formData = new FormData(this);
//debugger;
$('#cover-spin').show(100);
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: $(this).attr('action'),
data: formData,
processData: false,
contentType: false
}
);
return false;
});

Converting from json array to json object not working properly

I have created a rest service like this:
#GET
#Path("/getsummary")
#Produces("application/json")
public Response summary()
{
VoltDAOImpl voltDao = new VoltDAOImpl();
Map<String ,List<HashMap<String,String>>> returnList= voltDao.getOrderDetails("PEAKM" , "Hydra" ,
"" , voltDao.client,"notional" ,1000);
List<HashMap<String,String>> totalSlpSummaryList = returnList.get("total_slp_summary");
List<HashMap<String,String>> totalSlpSummaryBySideList = returnList.get("total_slp_summary_by_side");
ObjectWriter ow = new ObjectMapper().writer().withDefaultPrettyPrinter();
String json1 = null;
String json2 = null;
String json3 = null;
try {
json1 = ow.writeValueAsString(totalSlpSummaryList);
json2 = ow.writeValueAsString(totalSlpSummaryBySideList);
json3="["+json1+","+json2+"]";
//json3 = json1 + "\n" + json2;
System.out.println(json1);
System.out.println(json2);
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
return Response.status(200).entity(json3).build();
}
And then I'm consuming this in a javascript like this:
var rootURL = "http://localhost:8181/RestServiceProject/rest/WebService/getsummary";
function findBySummary() {
console.log("inside loading grid");
var returnval1;
$.ajax({
type: 'GET',
url: rootURL,
dataType: "json",
async: false,
success: function(json3){
returnval1 = json3;
console.log(returnval1);
}
});
return returnval1;
}
console.log(returnval1);
return the following result:
returnval1
later I'm calling findBySummary(); and doing the following:
var json3 = findBySummary();
var json4 = json3[0];
console.log("json4");
console.log(json4);
var json_temp = JSON.stringify(json4);
console.log("json_temp")
console.log(json_temp);
var json_temp1 = json_temp[0];
console.log("json temp1");
console.log(json_temp1);
Following is the log output for this:
log output
I am trying to convert json_temp, which is, :
[{"total_exec_qty":"286595","total_notional":"21820771.72","total_wt_arr_last_slp":"2.4364","total_num_ords":"1630","total_wt_ivwap_slp":"6.0969","total_wt_arr_slp":"1.7889","total_ord_qty":"576991"}]
to this(json_temp1):
{"total_exec_qty":"286595","total_notional":"21820771.72","total_wt_arr_last_slp":"2.4364","total_num_ords":"1630","total_wt_ivwap_slp":"6.0969","total_wt_arr_slp":"1.7889","total_ord_qty":"576991"}
But why am I getting [ only for json_temp1??

Note that JSON.stringify(json4) returns a string.
So, the code json_temp[0] will return the first element in this string.
What you want is:
var json_temp1 = json4[0];
and not:
var json_temp1 = json_temp[0];
The code below is wrong for your need:
var json_temp = JSON.stringify(json4);
console.log("json_temp")
console.log(json_temp);
var json_temp1 = json_temp[0];

Array value becomes null while passing from Ajax

I am making an ajax call in my javascript submit function. In this ajax call, I am passing an array(globalSelection) as data to the servlet. This array consists elements of function textSelection which is also pasted below.
globalSelection =[];
function submit() {
console.log("globalSelection start")
console.log(globalSelection)
console.log("globalSelection end")
$.ajax({
async : false,
type : "POST",
url : 'http://example.com:8080/myApp/DataServlet',
data: {globalSelection:globalSelection},
success : function(data) {
alert(data)
},
error : function(data, status, er) {
alert("error: " + data + " status: " + status + " er:" + er);
}
});
}
function textSelection(range, anchorNode, focusNode) {
this.range = range;
this.type = 3;
this.rCollection = [];
this.textContent = encodeURI(range.toString());
this.anchorNode = anchorNode;
this.focusNode = focusNode;
this.selectionId = getRandom();
this.yPOS = getYPOS();
this.getTagName = function(range) {
var el = range.startContainer.parentNode;
return el;
}
this.getTagIndex = function(el) {
var index = $(el.tagName).index(el);
return index;
}
this.simpleText = function(node, range) {
if (!node)
var entry = this.createEntry(this.anchorNode, this.range);
else
var entry = this.createEntry(node, range);
this.rCollection.push(entry);
this.highlight(this.rCollection[0].range);
this.crossIndexCalc();
textSelection._t_list.push(this);
pushto_G_FactualEntry(this);
}
this.compositeText = function() {
this.findSelectionDirection();
var flag = this.splitRanges(this.anchorNode, this.focusNode,
this.range.startOffset, this.range.endOffset);
if (flag == 0) {
for (j in this.rCollection) {
this.highlight(this.rCollection[j].range);
}
}
this.crossIndexCalc();
textSelection._t_list.push(this);
pushto_G_FactualEntry(this);
}
}
I am ading the screen of my browser console below, which prints the globalSelection(array).
In my servlet I am getting this array as follows
String[] arrays = request.getParameterValues("globalSelection[]");
System.out.println(arrays);
Here I am getting null value for arrays.
If I put globalSelection as follows in submit function for simple test to servlet, I am able to get the arrays.
var globalSelection = ["lynk_url", "jsonBody", "lynk_dummy1", "lynk_dummy2", "lynk_name", "lynk_desc", "lynk_flag"];
Why my actual globalSelection is shows null in servlet, what I am doing wrong here.

Try with :
String[] arrays = request.getParameterValues("globalSelection");
System.out.println(arrays);
Because the parameter submitted with name "globalSelection" only not "[]" symbol.

I see your problem and I have a simple solution.
I recommend in that case that you convert the array as a string in JS:
JSON.stringify(globalSelection)
and then reconstructing the object on the backend using some sort of library for JSON conversion like: https://code.google.com/archive/p/json-simple/
You could then do something like this:
JSONArray globalSelection = (JSONArray) new JSONParser().parse(request.getParameter("globalSelection"));
Iterator i = globalSelection.iterator();
while (i.hasNext()) {
JSONObject selection = (JSONObject) i.next();
String type = (String)selection.get("type");
System.out.println(type);
}
This will parse your array and print the selection type. Try it, hope it helps.

error in serialization javascript from json to text

i have an error in serialisation i need someone to fix it and that 's code controller
public string Getrowselec(string id)
{
GestionprojetEntities ddb = new GestionprojetEntities();
Ressourcehumaine _ressource = new Ressourcehumaine();
_ressource = ddb.Ressourcehumaine.Find(Convert.ToInt32(id));
int id_ressource = int.Parse(id);
var query = (from u in ddb.Ressourcehumaine
where (u.Id == id_ressource)
select new
{
id = u.Id,
nom = u.Nom,
prixrevient = u.Prixrevient,
prixvente = u.Prixvente,
coutdirect = u.Coutdirect,
});
string javascriptJson = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(query);
return javascriptJson;
and this is my code in twig code javascript:
function Getrows(s, e) {
debugger;
var id = e.visibleIndex;
var key = s.GetRowKey(e.visibleIndex);
idProduit = key;
$.ajax({
url: "/Projet/Getrowsselec?id=" + key,
type: "POST",
dataType: "text",
success: function (response) {
debugger;
$("#nomclient_I").val(jsonObject[0]['nom']);
$("#codeclient_I").val(jsonObject[0]['id']);
}
})
}
can someone help me fix this issue the error in serialisation i think some error in serialisation
from json to text

i think that you need to add this to your response ajax try it and tell me if it work or not
success: function (response) {
debugger;
var jsonObject = JSON.parse(response);
$("#nomclient_I").val(jsonObject[0]['nom']);
$("#codeclient_I").val(jsonObject[0]['id']);
}