Model
public partial class Assignment
{
public Assignment()
{
this.CourseAvailables = new HashSet<CourseAvailable>();
}
public string AssignmentID { get; set; }
public Nullable<System.DateTime> SubmissionDate { get; set; }
public string Status { get; set; }
public Nullable<decimal> Mark { get; set; }
public string Comments { get; set; }
public string FileLocation { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<CourseAvailable> CourseAvailables { get; set; }
}}
Controller
public ActionResult Create(Assignment assignment)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
db.Assignments.Add(assignment);
db.SaveChanges();
return RedirectToAction("Index");
}
return View(assignment);
}
View
<div class="editor-field">
<%: Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.FileLocation, new { type="file"})%>
<%: Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.FileLocation) %>
</div>
How do I store a file if I wanted to store the file into the server/path folder and in the database I only want to store the Path name/string.
you can upload file and save its url in the database table like this:
@using(Html.BeginForm("Create","Assignment",FormMethod.Post,new {enctype="multipart/form-data"}))
{
...
<div class="editor-field">
<%: Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.FileLocation, new { type="file"})%>
<%: Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.FileLocation) %>
</div>
...
}
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Create(Assignment assignment)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
if(Request.Files.Count > 0)
{
HttpPostedFileBase file = Request.Files[0];
if (file.ContentLength > 0)
{
var fileName = Path.GetFileName(file.FileName);
assignment.FileLocation = Path.Combine(
Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/uploads"), fileName);
file.SaveAs(assignment.FileLocation);
}
db.Assignments.Add(assignment);
db.SaveChanges();
return RedirectToAction("Index");
}
}
return View(assignment);
}
For better understanding refer this good article Uploading a File (Or Files) With ASP.NET MVC