Question

I have a validation summary inside a asp.net formview and the validators just don’t seem to trigger the validation summary.

Things I already tried:

• Enable the ViewState on everything.
• Set the ClientID to static.
• Set the ValidationGroup to the same group on both all validators and the summary.
• Used Google to search for a solution.

Anyone has any ideas on how to handle this?

Code. Formview declaration:

<asp:FormView ID="FormViewPerson" runat="server" DataSourceID="ObjectDataSourcePerson"
    DefaultMode="Edit" OnItemUpdating="FormViewPerson_ItemUpdating" OnItemCommand="FormViewPerson_ItemCommand"
    OnItemUpdated="FormViewPerson_ItemUpdated" Width="100%">

Any of the textboxes with the validator:

<td>  <asp:TextBox ID="NumberTextBox" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Number") %>' 
                        TabIndex="10" CausesValidation="True" ClientIDMode="Static" />
                    <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidatorNumber" runat="server" ControlToValidate="NumberTextBox"
                        ErrorMessage="Number is Required" ForeColor="Red" 
                        ValidationGroup="EditPerson">*</asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
                </td>

And the submitbutton:

<asp:ValidationSummary ID="ValidationSummaryPerson" runat="server" 
            ForeColor="Red" ClientIDMode="Static" CssClass="validation" 
            ShowMessageBox="True" ValidationGroup="EditPerson" ViewStateMode="Enabled"
            />
        <asp:Button ID="UpdateButton" runat="server" CausesValidation="True" CommandName="Update"
            Text="Save" ValidationGroup="EditPerson" CssClass="ButtonStyle" TabIndex="90" />
        &nbsp;<asp:Button ID="EditCancelButton" runat="server" CausesValidation="False" CommandName="Cancel"
            Text="Cancel" CssClass="ButtonStyle" TabIndex="100" 
            ValidationGroup="EditPerson" />

Answer 1

Hope the CausesValidation for the button is set to true.