title: ASP.NET MVC 1: DataSet ModelBinding
body: <p>I'm in a situation where I'm being given a dataset to output to an MVC view.  I'm really struggling to figure out how to get the modelbinder to pick it up on the way back in after a submit.  I have something like this...</p>
  
  <pre><code>public ActionResult TestData()
  {
      DataSet data = new DataSet("DS");
  
      DataTable table = new DataTable("DT");
      data.Tables.Add(table);
  
      table.Columns.Add("ID", typeof (int));
      table.Columns.Add("Name", typeof (string));
  
      table.Rows.Add(1, "John");
      table.Rows.Add(2, "Mark");
      table.Rows.Add(3, "Paul");
      table.Rows.Add(4, "Chris");
  
      return View(data);
  }
  
  [AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)]
  public ActionResult TestData(DataSet data)
  {
      return View(data);
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>On the page I have tried lots of different naming schemes for the input elements but to no avail.  Is this even possible.  I would be using a viewmodel type if it were possible but unfortunately this is a completely dynamic structure and a dataset is the most natural thing to use.</p>