Default ASP.NET MVC 3 model binder doesn’t bind decimal properties

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After stepping into asp.net mvc’s source code, it seemsd the problem is that for the conversion asp.net mvc uses the framework’s type converter, which for some reason returns false for an int to decimal conversion, I ended up using a custom model binder provider and model binder for decimals, you can see it here:

public class DecimalModelBinder : DefaultModelBinder
{
    #region Implementation of IModelBinder

    public override object BindModel(ControllerContext controllerContext, ModelBindingContext bindingContext)
    {
        var valueProviderResult = bindingContext.ValueProvider.GetValue(bindingContext.ModelName);

        if (valueProviderResult.AttemptedValue.Equals("N.aN") ||
            valueProviderResult.AttemptedValue.Equals("NaN") ||
            valueProviderResult.AttemptedValue.Equals("Infini.ty") ||
            valueProviderResult.AttemptedValue.Equals("Infinity") ||
            string.IsNullOrEmpty(valueProviderResult.AttemptedValue))
            return 0m;

       return Convert.ToDecimal(valueProviderResult.AttemptedValue);
    }    

    #endregion
}

To register this ModelBinder, just put the following line inside Application_Start():

ModelBinders.Binders.Add(typeof(decimal), new DecimalModelBinder());
ModelBinders.Binders.Add(typeof(decimal?), new DecimalModelBinder());

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