Approve and Reject in ASP.NET MVC3 - asp.net-mvc-3

Question

I know this question is not that hard but I'm new to asp.net mvc3 and I don't have an idea how to do this. I created a simple CRUD function in my controller. Now in my edit I changed the textbox to a two radio button Approve and Reject. Now my question is how could I let my edit get the value of the radio button that I choose? Here are the value of my radio buttons in my View>Edit
My VIEW>EDIT
<div class="editor-label">
#Html.LabelFor(model => model.Status)
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
<input type="radio" name="action" value="Approve" />Approve
<input type="radio" name="action" value="Reject"/>Reject
</div>
Here is the Edit in my Controller I don't know what to modify here.. :(
public ActionResult Edit(int id)
{
Leave leave = db.Leaves.Single(l => l.leave_id == id);
return View(leave);
}
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Edit(Leave leave)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
db.Leaves.Attach(leave);
db.ObjectStateManager.ChangeObjectState(leave, EntityState.Modified);
db.SaveChanges();
return RedirectToAction("Index");
}
return View(leave);
}
Here is the model of my leave

Answer 1

Try to use Html.RadioButtonFor() helper:
#Html.RadioButtonFor(model => model.Status, "Approve") Approve
#Html.RadioButtonFor(model => model.Status, "Reject") Reject
instead of
<input type="radio" name="action" value="Approve" />Approve
<input type="radio" name="action" value="Reject"/>Reject
It depends from the type of your Status.
If it's bool than DevDave's example should work fine.
If it's string - than my first example should be ok.
But if it's int with values 0 for Reject and 1 for Approve - you should use something like this:
#Html.RadioButtonFor(model => model.Status, "1") Approve
#Html.RadioButtonFor(model => model.Status, "0") Reject

Answer 2

Assuming you use a bool value for Status:
<label for="approve">
#Html.RadioButtonFor(x => x.Status, "True", new { id = "approve" })
Approve
</label>
<label for="reject">
#Html.RadioButtonFor(x => x.Status, "False", new { id = "reject" })
Reject
</label>
Edit: It is bad practice to expose your db object, you should use a view model that has the relevant properties from your db object and then you can map between the two when saving/loading.
I.e. return LeavesViewModel to view, but convert your LeavesViewModel into db oject on save.
In the example provided, this should directly map to the Leave object that is passed into your Post method, assuming it is a bool value. Debug and you should see the value come back true or false depending on the option you choose.
It may also work if Status is an Enum with more than two (i.e. bool) options but I have not tried that before.
So in your edit view, wrap your radio buttons and other parts of the form in:
#using (Html.BeginForm("Edit", "ControllerName")) {
..your stuff
<input type="submit" value="Save" />
}