How do I get the collection of Model State Errors in ASP.NET MVC?

Question

How do I get the collection of errors in a view?

I don\'t want to use the Html Helper Validation Summary or Validation Message. Instead I want to check for errors an

Answer 1

Putting together several answers from above, this is what I ended up using:

var validationErrors = ModelState.Values.Where(E => E.Errors.Count > 0)
    .SelectMany(E => E.Errors)
    .Select(E => E.ErrorMessage)
    .ToList();

validationErrors ends up being a List that contains each error message. From there, it's easy to do what you want with that list.