using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace EF_Sample03.Models
{
    public class User
    {
        public int Id { set; get; }
        public DateTime AddDate { set; get; }
        public string Name { set; get; }
        public string LastName { set; get; }

        public string FullName
        {
            get { return Name + " " + LastName; }
        }

        public string Email { set; get; }
        public string Description { set; get; }
        public byte[] Photo { set; get; }
        public IList<Project> Projects { set; get; }
        public byte[] RowVersion { set; get; }
        public InterestComponent Interests { set; get; }

        public User()
        {
            Interests = new InterestComponent();
        }
    }
}

using System;

namespace EF_Sample03.Models
{
    public class Project
    {
        public int Id { set; get; }
        public DateTime AddDate { set; get; }               
        public string Title { set; get; }
        public string Description { set; get; }
        public virtual User User { set; get; }
        public byte[] RowVesrion { set; get; }
    }
}

namespace EF_Sample03.Models
{
    public class InterestComponent
    {
        public string Interest1 { get; set; }
        public string Interest2 { get; set; }
    }
}

using System.Data.Entity.ModelConfiguration;
using EF_Sample03.Models;

namespace EF_Sample03.Mappings
{
    public class InterestComponentConfig : ComplexTypeConfiguration<InterestComponent>
    {
        public InterestComponentConfig()
        {            
            this.Property(x => x.Interest1).HasMaxLength(450);
            this.Property(x => x.Interest2).HasMaxLength(450);
        }
    }
}

using System.Data.Entity.ModelConfiguration;
using EF_Sample03.Models;

namespace EF_Sample03.Mappings
{
    public class ProjectConfig : EntityTypeConfiguration<Project>
    {
        public ProjectConfig()
        {
            this.Property(x => x.Description).IsMaxLength();
            this.Property(x => x.RowVesrion).IsRowVersion();            
        }
    }
}

using System.Data.Entity.ModelConfiguration;
using EF_Sample03.Models;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

namespace EF_Sample03.Mappings
{
    public class UserConfig : EntityTypeConfiguration<User>
    {
        public UserConfig()
        {
            this.HasKey(x => x.Id);
            this.Property(x => x.Id).HasDatabaseGeneratedOption(DatabaseGeneratedOption.Identity);
            this.ToTable("tblUser", schemaName: "guest");
            this.Property(p => p.AddDate).HasColumnName("CreateDate").HasColumnType("date").IsRequired();
            this.Property(x => x.Name).HasMaxLength(450);
            this.Property(x => x.LastName).IsMaxLength().IsConcurrencyToken();
            this.Property(x => x.Email).IsFixedLength().HasMaxLength(255); //nchar(128)
            this.Property(x => x.Photo).IsOptional();
            this.Property(x => x.RowVersion).IsRowVersion();
            this.Ignore(x => x.FullName);
        }
    }
}

using System.Data.Entity;
using System.Data.Entity.Migrations;
using EF_Sample03.Mappings;
using EF_Sample03.Models;

namespace EF_Sample03.DataLayer
{
    public class Sample03Context : DbContext
    {
        public DbSet<User> Users { set; get; }
        public DbSet<Project> Projects { set; get; }

        protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)
        {
            modelBuilder.Configurations.Add(new InterestComponentConfig());
            modelBuilder.Configurations.Add(new ProjectConfig());
            modelBuilder.Configurations.Add(new UserConfig());

            //modelBuilder.ComplexType<InterestComponent>();
            //modelBuilder.Ignore<InterestComponent>(); 

            base.OnModelCreating(modelBuilder);
        }
    }

    public class Configuration : DbMigrationsConfiguration<Sample03Context>
    {
        public Configuration()
        {
            AutomaticMigrationsEnabled = true;
            AutomaticMigrationDataLossAllowed = true;
        }

        protected override void Seed(Sample03Context context)
        {
            base.Seed(context);
        }
    }
}

using System;
using System.Data.Entity;
using EF_Sample03.DataLayer;

namespace EF_Sample03
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Database.SetInitializer(new MigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion<Sample03Context, Configuration>());

            using (var db = new Sample03Context())
            {
                var project1 = db.Projects.Find(1);
                if (project1 != null)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(project1.Title);
                }
            } 
        }
    }
}

<connectionStrings>
    <clear/>
    <add
       name="Sample03Context"
       connectionString="Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=testdb2012;Integrated Security = true"
       providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"
      />
/connectionStrings>

using System;

namespace System.Web.Mvc
{
    public abstract class WebViewPage<TModel> : WebViewPage
    {
        protected WebViewPage();
        public AjaxHelper<TModel> Ajax { get; set; }
        public HtmlHelper<TModel> Html { get; set; }
        public TModel Model { get; }
        public ViewDataDictionary<TModel> ViewData { get; set; }
        public override void InitHelpers();
        protected override void SetViewData(ViewDataDictionary viewData);
    }
}

<head>
    <title>@ViewBag.Title</title>
    <link href="@Url.Content("~/Content/Site.css")" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <script src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery-1.5.1.min.js")" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery.unobtrusive-ajax.min.js")" type="text/javascript"></script>    
</head>

namespace MvcApplication18.Models
{
    public class Employee
    {
        public int Id { set; get; }
        public string Name { set; get; }
    }
}

using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace MvcApplication18.Models
{
    public static class EmployeeDataSource
    {
        public static IList<Employee> CreateEmployees()
        {
            var list = new List<Employee>();
            for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
            {
                list.Add(new Employee { Id = i + 1, Name = "name " + i });
            }
            return list;
        }
    }
}

using System.Linq;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using MvcApplication18.Models;

namespace MvcApplication18.Controllers
{
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        [HttpGet]
        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            return View();
        }

        [HttpPost] //for IE-8        
        public ActionResult EmployeeInfo(int? id)
        {
            if (!Request.IsAjaxRequest())
                return View("Error");

            if (!id.HasValue)
                return View("Error");

            var list = EmployeeDataSource.CreateEmployees();
            var data = list.Where(x => x.Id == id.Value).FirstOrDefault();
            if (data == null)
                return View("Error");

            return PartialView(viewName: "_EmployeeInfo", model: data);
        }
    }
}

@model MvcApplication18.Models.Employee

<strong>Name:</strong> @Model.Name

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Index";
}
<h2>
    Index</h2>

<div id="EmployeeInfo">
    @Ajax.ActionLink(
     linkText: "Get Employee-1 info",
     actionName: "EmployeeInfo",
     controllerName: "Home",
     routeValues: new { id = 1 },
     ajaxOptions: new AjaxOptions
                  {
                      HttpMethod = "POST",
                      InsertionMode = InsertionMode.Replace,
                      UpdateTargetId = "EmployeeInfo",
                      LoadingElementId = "Progress"
                  })
</div>

<div id="Progress" style="display: none">
    <img src="@Url.Content("~/Content/images/loading.gif")" alt="loading..."  />
</div>

[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class|AttributeTargets.Method)]
public class AjaxOnlyAttribute : ActionFilterAttribute
{
  public override void OnActionExecuting(ActionExecutingContext filterContext)
  {
    if (filterContext.HttpContext.Request.IsAjaxRequest())
    {
      base.OnActionExecuting(filterContext);
    }
    else
    {
      throw new InvalidOperationException("This operation can only be accessed via Ajax requests");
    }
  }
}

[AjaxOnly]
public ActionResult SomeAjaxAction()
{
    return Content("Hello!");
}

<a data-ajax="true" data-ajax-loading="#Progress" data-ajax-method="POST" 
    data-ajax-mode="replace" data-ajax-update="#EmployeeInfo" 
    href="/Home/EmployeeInfo/1">Get Employee-1 info</a>

<a href="#" onclick="LoadEmployeeInfo()">Get Employee-1 info</a>
@section javascript
{
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function LoadEmployeeInfo() {
            showProgress();
            $.ajax({
                type: "POST",
                url: "/Home/EmployeeInfo",
                data: JSON.stringify({ id: 1 }),
                contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
                dataType: "json",
                // controller is returning a simple text, not json
                complete: function (xhr, status) {                    
                    var data = xhr.responseText;
                    if (status === 'error' || !data) {
                        //handleError                        
                    }
                    else {
                        $('#EmployeeInfo').html(data);
                    }
                    hideProgress();
                }
            });
        }
        function showProgress() {
            $('#Progress').css("display", "block");
        }
        function hideProgress() {
            $('#Progress').css("display", "none");
        }
    </script>
}

@RenderSection("javascript", required: false)

[HttpPost] //for IE-8        
public ActionResult EmployeeInfoData(int? id)
{
            if (!Request.IsAjaxRequest())
                return Json(false);

            if (!id.HasValue)
                return Json(false);

            var list = EmployeeDataSource.CreateEmployees();
            var data = list.Where(x => x.Id == id.Value).FirstOrDefault();
            if (data == null)
                return Json(false);

            return Json(data);
}

<a href="#" onclick="LoadEmployeeInfoData()">Get Employee-2 info</a>
@section javascript
{
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function LoadEmployeeInfoData() {
            showProgress();
            $.ajax({
                type: "POST",
                url: "/Home/EmployeeInfoData",
                data: JSON.stringify({ id: 1 }),
                contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
                dataType: "json",
                // controller is returning the json data
                success: function (result) {
                    if (result) {
                        alert(result.Id + ' - ' + result.Name);
                    }
                    hideProgress();
                },
                error: function (result) {
                    alert(result.status + ' ' + result.statusText);
                    hideProgress();
                }
            });
        }

        function showProgress() {
            $('#Progress').css("display", "block");
        }
        function hideProgress() {
            $('#Progress').css("display", "none");
        }
    </script>
}

[HttpPost] //for IE-8        
public ActionResult SearchEmployeeInfo(string data)
{
            if (!Request.IsAjaxRequest())
                return Content(string.Empty);

            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(data))
                return Content(string.Empty);

            var employeesList = EmployeeDataSource.CreateEmployees();
            var list = employeesList.Where(x => x.Name.Contains(data)).ToList();
            if (list == null || !list.Any())
                return Content(string.Empty);

            return PartialView(viewName: "_SearchEmployeeInfo", model: list);
}

@model IEnumerable<MvcApplication18.Models.Employee>

<table>
    <tr>
        <th>
            Name
        </th>
    </tr>

@foreach (var item in Model) {
    <tr>
        <td>
            @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Name)
        </td>
    </tr>
}

</table>

@using (Ajax.BeginForm(actionName: "SearchEmployeeInfo",
                       controllerName: "Home", 
                       ajaxOptions: new AjaxOptions
                                    {
                                         HttpMethod = "POST",
                                         InsertionMode = InsertionMode.Replace,
                                         UpdateTargetId = "EmployeeInfo",
                                         LoadingElementId = "Progress"
                                    }))
    {
      @Html.TextBox("data")
      <input type="submit" value="Search" />
    }

<form action="/Home/SearchEmployeeInfo" data-ajax="true" 
          data-ajax-loading="#Progress" data-ajax-method="POST" 
          data-ajax-mode="replace" data-ajax-update="#EmployeeInfo" 
          id="form0" method="post">
       <input id="data" name="data" type="text" value="" />
       <input type="submit" value="Search" />
</form>

$.validator.unobtrusive.parse("#{form-id}");

$.ajax
({
    url: "/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
    type: "get",
    success: function(data)
    {
        $.validator.unobtrusive.parse("#{form-id}");
    }
});

//or
$.get('/{controller}/{action}/{id}', function (data) { $.validator.unobtrusive.parse("#{form-id}"); });

@using (Ajax.BeginForm(
    "Action1",
    "Controller",
    null,
    new AjaxOptions { 
        OnSuccess = "onSuccess",
        UpdateTargetId = "result"
    },
    null)
)
{
    <input type="submit" value="Save" />
}

var onSuccess = function(result) {
    // enable unobtrusive validation for the contents
    // that was injected into the <div id="result"></div> node
    $.validator.unobtrusive.parse("#result");
};