Asp.net MVC Validating Dynamic Form

Question

I'm building an ASP.NET MVC application with a form that needs validation. The majority of the form is static, but part of the form is dynamic.

I need to enable the user to enter n string/date combinations.

The string/date combos need to be validated server side, and I need to give feedback to the user preferably directly beside the combination that failed validation.

For static input I do the following:

   <%= Html.ValidationMessage("someField") %>

For the dynamic data, what should I do?

Is the dynamic part of the form generated client side or server side? — Todd Smith
– Todd Smith, Commented Dec 5, 2008 at 22:23

Todd Smith · Accepted Answer · 2008-12-05 22:23:12Z

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In your controller you'll want to assign an error to the particular fields that fail validation:

ModelState.AddModelError ("textbox1", "You must specify a valid string.");
ModelState.AddModelError ("combobox1", "You must specify a valid date.");

Then all the helper is really doing is checking if the following exists:

ViewData.ModelState.ContainsKey("textbox1")

and then creating a tag such as follows

<span><%= ViewData.ModelState.ContainsKey("textbox1").Errors[0] %></span>

the helper does a bit more null value checking but you get the idea.

answered Dec 5, 2008 at 22:23

Todd Smith

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