Question

I have two fields in my model

1. CreateDateTo
2. CreateDateFrom

which renders like this

<b>Start Date</b>  @Html.EditorFor(model => model.AdvanceSearch.CreateDatefrom, new {  @class = "picker startDate" })

<b>End Date</b> @Html.EditorFor(model => model.AdvanceSearch.CreateDateto, new { @class = "picker endDate" })

I have a validation scenario that enddate should not be greater then start date, currently I am validating it by jquery

$.validator.addMethod("endDate", function (value, element) {
        var startDate = $('.startDate').val();
        return Date.parse(startDate) <= Date.parse(value);
    }, "* End date must be Equal/After start date");

I want to know that is there any way in MVC3 model validation to do this?

Answer 1

You need to create a custom validation against the model. You could put this in the controller after if(Model.IsValid)

---

if(Model.End<Model.StartDate)
   ....

But I would stick to javascript.
It works on the clientside and does not hit the server.
Unless you just need the added assurance.