Question

For the sake of validation, I decided to try using the @Html.TextBoxFor so that validation is quick and easy. However, there is not an option to set the value, and I assume it’s done automatically, but it isn’t being automatically set.

Controller:

        MyLibrary.MyProspect prospect = MyLib.GetProspect(ID);
        return View(prospect);

View:

@model MyLibrary.MyProspect

@using (Html.BeginForm("Update", "Prospects"))
{
    @Html.ValidationSummary(true)
    <fieldset>
        <legend>Edit</legend>

        @Html.LabelFor(model => model.Name)
        @Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.Name)
        @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Name)

My library defination of Prospect:

public class MyProspect
{
    public String Name { get; set; }
}

My guess is that at no point do I set the model to actually be my prospect. But no examples I have come across do this, and I assume I pass it from view as I have?

SOLVED
This is working code, Id just mixed and matched my controller action to the wrong view.

Answer 1

For client side validation to work there are a couple of things you need to do:

1. Decorate some fields in your model using the appropriate DataAnnotations
2. Ensure you have the ClientValidationEnabled & UnobtrusiveJavaScriptEnabled options set to true. This can be done directly in the <appSettings>.
3. Include the appropriate libraries in the page i.e. jquery.validate.min.js and jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js

Also if you have no special view requirements you could reduce your code to:

@Html.EditorForModel()