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Does anyone know how to do validation for a unique property or can point me to an example?
Say I have a grid of movies and I do an edit or an insert. If I set the textbox ‘Title’ to be ‘A really cool movie’. How would I do the validation to ensure the database doesn’t already contain a movie by this title? Would I use a CustomValidator? I tried doing this but when I was checking the text in the textbox it was coming through as an empty string.
Thanks!
Mr Cricket
Yes, this is a perfect scenario for a Custom Validator. However, unless you are using AJAX, they only validate when a post-back occurs. Without knowing more about your exact setup, this is all I can provide.