Create view is posting null objects - asp.net-mvc

Question

Should be an easy question to answer.
I am trying to create an object in a view. The class that contains the object consists of a User class and a password.
When I click on the submit button, the Controller picks up null values for Password and User.
See below the Container class, the Controller and the View;
public class UserExtended
{
public UserITOC User { get; set; }
public string Password { get; set; }
}
[Authorize]
public ActionResult Create()
{
return View(new UserExtended());
}
//
// POST: /Dinners/Create
[Authorize(Roles = "Administrator")]
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Create(UserExtended user)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
// Create user in the User datatable
SqlUsersRepository sqlRepository = new SqlUsersRepository();
ITOCEntities db = new ITOCEntities();
db.UserITOCs.AddObject(user.User);
// Create user as an authenticated user within the Reader role.
int i = user.User.EmailAddress.IndexOf('#') - 1;
string userName = user.User.EmailAddress.Substring(0, i);
string email = user.User.EmailAddress;
Membership.CreateUser(userName, user.Password, email);
Roles.AddUserToRole(userName, "Reader"); // Automatically assigned as a Reader
}
return View(new UserExtended());
}
" %>
Create
<h2>Create</h2>
<% using (Html.BeginForm()) {%>
<%: Html.ValidationSummary(true) %>
<fieldset>
<legend>Fields</legend>
<div class="editor-label">
<%: Html.LabelFor(model => model.User.Forename) %>
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
<%: Html.EditorFor(model => model.User.Forename)%>
<%: Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.User.Forename)%>
</div>
<div class="editor-label">
<%: Html.LabelFor(model => model.User.Surname) %>
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
<%: Html.EditorFor(model => model.User.Surname)%>
<%: Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.User.Surname)%>
</div>
<div class="editor-label">
<%: Html.LabelFor(model => model.User.EmailAddress) %>
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
<%: Html.EditorFor(model => model.User.EmailAddress)%>
<%: Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.User.EmailAddress)%>
</div>
<div class="editor-label">
<%: Html.LabelFor(model => model.Password) %>
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
<%: Html.EditorFor(model => model.Password)%>
<%: Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Password) %>
</div>
<p>
<input type="submit" value="Create" />
</p>
</fieldset>
<% } %>
<div>
<%: Html.ActionLink("Back to List", "Index") %>
</div>

Answer 1

Extremely simple solution:
Change your action-signature from
public ActionResult Create(UserExtended user)
to
public ActionResult Create(UserExtended UserExtended)
That way the ModelBinder will know how to reassemble the object from Request.
Hope this helps!

Answer 2

I had a very similar problem, but found in my case that I had to match the database table name rather than the type name
Name of the type: NonTradingDay
Database table name: dbo.NonTradingDays (had been pluralized)
Create Method:
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Create(NonTradingDay NonTradingDays)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
db.NonTradingDay.Add(NonTradingDays);
db.SaveChanges();
return RedirectToAction("Index");
}
return View(NonTradingDays);
}
I had tried 'NonTradingDay', but still got null; I then looked at the database table name, tried 'NonTradingDays' and the mapping was made (the argument was no longer null).
I think this was because I had the database context as:
public DbSet<NonTradingDay> NonTradingDay { get; set; }
Rather than:
public DbSet<NonTradingDay> NonTradingDays { get; set; }

Answer 3

you are returning a new instance of UserExtended class
return View(new UserExtended());
instead return the object you get as the parameter
return user