asp.net mvc radio button state

Question

I\'m trying out asp.net mvc for a new project, and I ran across something odd. When I use the MVC UI helpers for textboxes, the values get persisted between calls. But, when I

Answer 1

Well logically it would not persist, there is no session state. Think of it as an entirely new page. In order to get your radio buttons to populate you need to persist back something like ViewData["ProviderType"] = 3 to have the radiobutton repopulate with its data.