Question

I have a simple setup but cannot figure out why this wont work. Here’s what I have set up:

• MVC4
• Html.EnableUnobtrusiveJavaScript() and
  Html.EnableClientValidation() enabled
• jQuery 1.6.2,
  jquery.validate.min.js, and jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js
  referenced
• No events bound to form or button submit

The problem is, it seems to work on the client side, where I can submit a form and it shows the appropriate validation errors. However, when I then properly fill out the form and hit submit, it does nothing and the last error message I had previously is still displayed. If I go back and clear fields, the validation appears to still be working (validation summary is updated appropriately). If I submit the first time with all fields correctly entered, it works just fine. It’s only if I first have an error that it cannot submit again.

The model only has [Required] on firstname, lastname, and email. No other attributes. Also, FormFieldFor is just a wrapper for EditorFor().

Code below. Any ideas? Thanks.

@model AscendOne.CareOne.Mvc.Models.ResourceGuideUserModel

@*Form*@
<form id="guide-download-submit" method="get" action="/leads/" target="_blank">

    @{
        Html.EnableUnobtrusiveJavaScript();   
        Html.EnableClientValidation();
    }


    @Html.ValidationSummary()

    @if (Model.CampaignID != null)
    {<input type="hidden" name="CampaignID" value="@Model.CampaignID" />}
    @if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(Model.PDFUrl))
    {<input type="hidden" name="RedirectUrl" value="@Model.PDFUrl" />}

    <fieldset>
        @Html.FormFieldFor(m => m.FirstName)
        @Html.FormFieldFor(m => m.LastName)
        @Html.FormFieldFor(m => m.Email)
    </fieldset>

    <button type="submit">Download The Guide</button>

</form>




public class ResourceGuideUserModel
    {
        public string CampaignID { get; set; }
        public string PDFUrl { get; set; }

        [Required]
        [DisplayName("First Name:*")]
        public string FirstName { get; set; }

        [Required]
        [DisplayName("Last Name:*")]
        public string LastName { get; set; }

        [Required]
        [DisplayName("Email Address:*")]
        public string Email { get; set; }
    }

Answer 1

Well, turns out it was my fault. Thanks for the replies. Seems another deeply-buried script was killing my form submit after the 1st try. Removing this resolved the issue. Thanks again though.