ASP.NET MVC 2 UpdateModel() is not updating values in memory or database?

You got something mixed up. You are sending DinnerFormViewModel to View but trying to receive Dinner. Change your post method like this.

DinnerRepository.Save() is the code the actually updates the database. What UpdateModel(dinner) does is extract the values from the form collection and put them in your dinner object.

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