ModelState.IsValid is invalid. Why if I can get users created? - asp.net-mvc

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UPDATE: Found what I believe is the cause of the modelState.isValid is false.
The model has 7 properties... and debbuging I found out that model is receiving only 6 properties from a view.
My checkbox is not send to a controller? Is there any extra configurantion I should do to make it happen?
This is the view:
#using (Ajax.BeginForm("Register", "Account", new AjaxOptions { HttpMethod = "POST", OnSuccess = "closeDialog('RegistroUsuario', '<b>Usuário cadastrado com Sucesso!</b>', true)" }, new { id = "FormRegistroUsuario" }))
{
<fieldset>
<legend>Cadastro novo Usuário</legend>
<table id="changePassword">
<tr>
<td class="smallField">Username:</td>
<td>#Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.UserName,new { #class = "validate[required]" }) #Html.ValidationMessage("usernameVal", "*")</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Password:</td>
<td>#Html.PasswordFor(m => m.Password, new { #class = "validate[required]" }) #Html.ValidationMessage("passwordVal", "*")</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Repetir Senha:</td>
<td>#Html.PasswordFor(m => m.ConfirmPassword, new { #class = "validate[required,equals[Password]]" }) #Html.ValidationMessage("senhaVal", "*")</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Email:</td>
<td>#Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Email, new { #class = "validate[required,custom[email]]" }) #Html.ValidationMessage("emailVal", "*")</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Pergunta Secreta:</td>
<td>#Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.SecretQuestion, new { #class = "validate[required]" }) #Html.ValidationMessage("secretVal", "*")</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Resposta:</td>
<td>#Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.SecretQuestionPassword, new { #class = "validate[required]" }) #Html.ValidationMessage("awnserVal", "*")</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ativo:</td>
<td><input type="checkbox" name="status" id="status" value="Ativo" data-val="true"/> #Html.ValidationMessage("activeVal", "*")</td>
</tr>
</table>
<input type="submit" value="Criar Usuário" class="ui-button ui-widget ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-button-text-only button-link"/>
</fieldset>
}
thanks...
This is a very strange behavior
I still get the users created for some reason.
Some times users are not created due already existing username. (Even though the user does not exist).. very strange
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
MembershipProvider mp = Membership.Provider;
MembershipCreateStatus Status;
string erroMsg;
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(Request.Form["status"]))
{
model.Active = false;
}
else
{
model.Active = true;
}
MembershipUser newUser = mp.CreateUser(model.UserName, model.Password, model.Email, model.SecretQuestion, model.SecretQuestionPassword, model.Active, Guid.NewGuid(), out Status);
try
{
if (newUser == null)
{
erroMsg = GetErrorMessage(Status);
return Content(erroMsg);
}
else
{
return Content("Usuário Cadastrado");
}
}
catch (MembershipCreateUserException e)
{
throw e;
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw new MembershipCreateUserException("An exception occurred creating the user.", e);
}
}
else
{
return Content("isValid is false!");
}

Answer 1

I finally found the awnser.
The model was really inconsistent. The input checkbox was not been sent to the model thus causing the model.isValid to be false.
I solve the problem using a helper html checkbox.
<td>#Html.CheckBoxFor(m => m.Active)</td>
All I had to do is to get the checkbox proper value
bool checkvalue = bool.Parse(Request.Form.GetValues("Active")[0]);
Thanks a lot!