“The Id field is required” validation message on Create; Id not set to [Required]

Question

This is happening when I try to create the entity using a Create style action in Asp.Net MVC 2.

The POCO has the following properties:

public int Id          


        

Answer 1

You can disable this implicit validation by setting the AddImplicitRequiredAttributeForValueTypes option on the DataAnnotationsModelValidatorProvider by adding the following to your Application_Start:

DataAnnotationsModelValidatorProvider.AddImplicitRequiredAttributeForValueTypes = false;

Further Reading:

• Unrequired property keeps getting data-val-required attribute
• ASP.NET MVC optional field being treated as required
• Why MVC Model Binder set required for int, long values?