CausesValidation is set to “False” but the client side validation is still firing
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01-07-2019 - |
Question
I have several RequiredFieldValidators in an ASP.NET 1.1 web application that are firing on the client side when I press the Cancel button, which has the CausesValidation attribute set to "False". How can I get this to stop?
I do not believe that Validation Groups are supported in 1.1.
Here's a code sample:
<asp:TextBox id="UsernameTextBox" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
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<asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="UsernameTextBoxRequiredfieldvalidator" ControlToValidate="UsernameTextBox"
runat="server" ErrorMessage="This field is required."></asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
<asp:RegularExpressionValidator ID="UsernameTextBoxRegExValidator" runat="server" ControlToValidate="UsernameTextBox"
Display="Dynamic" ErrorMessage="Please specify a valid username (6 to 32 alphanumeric characters)."
ValidationExpression="[0-9,a-z,A-Z, ]{6,32}"></asp:RegularExpressionValidator>
<asp:Button CssClass="btn" id="addUserButton" runat="server" Text="Add User"></asp:Button>
<asp:Button CssClass="btn" id="cancelButton" runat="server" Text="Cancel" CausesValidation="False"></asp:Button>
Update: There was some dynamic page generating going on in the code behind that must have been messing it up, because when I cleaned that up it started working.
Solution
Validation Groups were not added to ASP.NET until version 2.0. This is a 1.1 question.
Double check your setting and make sure you are not overwriting it in the code behind.
OTHER TIPS
Are they in separate validation groups (the button and validator controls)?
You're not manually calling the JS to do the client validation are you?