public ActionResult Create([Bind(Include = "id,improvements,qualities,score,Employee_id")] selfevaluation selfevaluation, string myVar) { if (ModelState.IsValid) { MailMessage mm = new MailMessage("*****@*****.**", "*****@*****.**"); mm.Subject = "A new Self Evaluation is added"; mm.Body = "Test"; mm.IsBodyHtml = false; SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient(); smtp.EnableSsl = true; smtp.Host = "smtp.gmail.com"; smtp.Port = 587; NetworkCredential nc = new NetworkCredential("*****@*****.**", "22012201"); smtp.UseDefaultCredentials = true; smtp.Credentials = nc; smtp.Send(mm); selfevaluation.score = Int32.Parse(myVar); es.Add(selfevaluation); es.Commit(); } ViewBag.Employee_id = new SelectList(emps.GetMany(), "id", "name", selfevaluation.Employee_id); return(View(selfevaluation)); }