Question

I’ve been trying to read about and test various regular expression testers to find my solution but to no avial. I’m using:

<asp:RegularExpressionValidator ID="RegularExpressionValidator1" 
ErrorMessage='<%# "*"%>' ValidationExpression="," runat="server"
ControlToValidate="edit_email" Display="Dynamic" 
EnableClientScript="true"></asp:RegularExpressionValidator>

All I want to do is find out if there is a comma in the textbox, which this leads me to believe it would do. I tested this on http://www.regular-expressions.info/javascriptexample.html, as I understand that EnableClientScript="true" means I need to have JavaScript compliant RegEx

Any help would be greatly appreciated, here are the other things I’ve tried:

1. ValidationExpression=".*\," Which
   only hides the error message when I
   have a string followed by a comma at
   the end: “123,”
2. ValidationExpression=".*," Which only hides the error message when I have a string like: “123,”
3. ValidationExpression="," Which only hides the error message when I have a string like: “,” (only one character, and MUST be a comma)
4. ValidationExpression="[^,]" Which only hides the error message when I have a string like: “1” (only one character, and must NOT be a comma)
5. ValidationExpression="/,/" Which never hides the error message

Answer 1

Try this:

ValidationExpression="[^,]*"

That means “zero or more characters, none of which may be a comma”