The MSDN documentation on DetailsView.EnableModelValidation is very brief:
Gets or sets a value that indicates whether data-model validation is enabled.
Figuring out that true means enabled and false means disabled is simple, I could have found out even without the documentation.
What functionality is enabled with this setting and how is it used?
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/davidebb/archive/2008/06/18/using-asp-net-dynamic-data-with-objectdatasource.aspx
Check out this link, it is for validating the properties on an
ObjectDataSourcewhen decorating withSystem.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations