Accessing HTML Form data in MVC controller - asp.net-mvc

Question

I have this problem. I need to access data that the user inputs via the statement during the controller method.
Here's my code, maybe this will make it more clear:
// client side
#using (Html.BeginForm())
{
if (competitorList.Count > 0 && eventList.Count > 0)
{
foreach (Event evt in eventList)
{
<table>
<tr><th>#evt.activity.Name</th></tr>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Email</th>
<th>Score</th>
<th>New Score</th>
<th>Update</th>
</tr>
#foreach (Results res in resultList)
{
if (res.EventID == evt.id)
{
string competitorName = Person.getUserByEmail(res.CompetitorEmail).FirstName + Person.getUserByEmail(res.CompetitorEmail).LastName;
<tr>
<td>#competitorName</td>
<td>#res.CompetitorEmail</td>
<td>#res.Score</td>
<td><form action="EventResults"><input type="text" name="score" id="score" /></form></td>
<td>#Html.ActionLink("Update", "UpdateResults", "Competition", new { compId = evt.competitionId, evtId = res.EventID, email = res.CompetitorEmail }, null)</td>
</tr>
}
}
</table>
<hr />
}
}
else
{
<p>There are currently no competitors invited to participate</p>
}
}
// controller
public ActionResult UpdateResults(FormCollection form, int compId, int evtId, string email)
{
////// this returns 0.0 /////
double score = Convert.ToDouble(form["score"]);
BINC.Models.Results.UpdateResults(evtId, email, score);
List<Event> CompetitionEvents = Event.getEventsByCompetitionId(compId);
ViewBag.CompetitionEvents = CompetitionEvents;
List<Competitor> Competitors = Competitor.getCompetitors(compId);
ViewBag.Competitors = Competitors;
List<Results> Results = Competition.getCompetitorResultsPairings(CompetitionEvents, Competitors);
ViewBag.Results = Results;
ViewBag.Competition = Competition.getCompetitionById(compId);
return View("EventResults");
}
What you see in the controller method doesn't work; I assume it's because the page wasn't actually "submitted"? I really want to use a link instead of a submit button though. Can someone give me a hand?

Answer 1

give it the ActionType like [HttpPost],[HttpGet],[HttpDelete]
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult UpdateResults(FormCollection form, int compId, int evtId, string email)
{
//Code
}

Answer 2

If you want to use a link, you are using a GET request not a post request.
Your options using a link are either make it an ajax request (see my prior answer at MVC3 Html.ActionLink Post)
or use javascript to post the form:
How can I use an anchor tag to submit a form with jquery
$(document).ready(function(){
$("a").click(function(){
$("#requestNew").submit();
});
});
or using $("#yourHrefId") if you want to refer by id rather than all hrefs.