asp.net validators not working when button has code

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Hey all,

this is really strange.

I have a form with appropriate validation set for each field
when the submit button has code inside its click method the validation wont fire
i tried commenting out everything in the click method and when i did all the validation worked fine

I even made sure that the button has its causes validation property to true and i used validation groups to make sure but it still did not work
please let me know how to solve this problem
many thanks

Posted 24-Nov-13 21:09pm

Reda Makarem

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JoCodes 25-Nov-13 3:16am

Have you tried Page.Validate() in the codebehind?

Reda Makarem 25-Nov-13 3:21am

it does work but shouldnt my scenario be working by default?

JoCodes 25-Nov-13 3:32am

This link gives a fair idea on it . http://weblogs.asp.net/rajbk/archive/2007/03/15/page-isvalid-and-validate.aspx

Er Daljeet Singh 25-Nov-13 4:44am

put the code of the button_click function inside a condition
if(Page.IsValid)
{
//code here
}

i think your validation are working from server side.run code and check whether validater are working or not.

Reda Makarem 25-Nov-13 4:51am

thats what im doing now but this doesnt fire any of my custom validators.. all other asp,net validators work, any ideas?

Er Daljeet Singh 25-Nov-13 6:43am

could you post the code for custom validator as well as the javascript function

Reda Makarem 25-Nov-13 7:01am

sure...this is the validator markup:
<asp:CustomValidator ErrorMessage="At least one skill is required" ClientValidationFunction="ValidateSkills" ValidationGroup="formVal" runat="server" CssClass="errorClass" Display="Dynamic" />

this is the button markup:
<asp:Button ID="btnSubmit" CausesValidation="true" runat="server" Text="Submit" ValidationGroup="formVal" OnClick="btnSubmit_Click" />

and finally here is the js function:
function ValidateSkills(source, args) {
alert("ok");
if ($('#gvSkills').length)
args.IsValid = true;
else
args.IsValid = false;
}
many thanks :)

Er Daljeet Singh 25-Nov-13 23:46pm

check whether your alert is displaying or not.

Reda Makarem 25-Nov-13 23:54pm

It's not working
There is nothing wrong with the js function as I tried calling it in the document.ready and the alert was displayed
Thanks again

Er Daljeet Singh 26-Nov-13 0:00am

<asp:CustomValidator ErrorMessage="At least one skill is required" ClientValidationFunction="ValidateSkills" ValidationGroup="formVal" runat="server" CssClass="errorClass" Display="Dynamic" />

here you forgot the ControlToValidate property .
write ControlToValidate="nameofcontrol" attribute then try again..

Reda Makarem 26-Nov-13 0:11am

Well there is no control my friend
Basically my scenario is the following:
An applicant adds a set of skills
The added skills appear in a data grid
What I wanna do is validate that at least one skill has been added
The skills data grid does not appear if no skills have been added
Please let me know if you have any other approach
Thanks

Er Daljeet Singh 26-Nov-13 0:29am

dear you are getting skills somewhere from the web page right then why don't you check wheter user added skill or not.
second option is when you bind your datagrid then at that time you also check whether the source is having the value or not.

i dont think you if dont set the controltovalidate property the custom validator work.

Reda Makarem 26-Nov-13 0:54am

the skills section is like a small form on its own which has fields with their own validators. so the user can fill up the fields but not click the add button. the way im doing it is store the added skills in a datatable and bind the grid to it. the whole point is the validation has to be done on the client and not the server and thus checking when i databind isnt an option

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