Question

I have a very basic entity model which I’m trying to add custom validation messages to.

My metadata looks like this:

namespace My.Models {
[MetadataType(typeof(My.Models.ConsumerMetadata))]
public partial class Consumer
{
}

public class ConsumerMetadata
{
    [StringLength(5)]
    [Required(ErrorMessage="First name is an absolute must!")]
    public string FirstName { get; set; }
} }

The problem is that the data annotation I’m adding not being propagated to the view errors – those remain the default errors.

I’m sure its something simple I’m missing here…

Answer 1

Did you add a Html.ValidationSummary() to your page?