MVC Razor Validation Errors showing on page load when no data has been posted

Question

I\'m messing around with data annotations. When I click on a link to go to a page, the validation messages are being displayed, but I would like to have the validation messa

Answer 1

You can clear model state after binding user:

ModelState.Clear();

This happens because ModelBinder will set ModelState on binding. In every action that binds a model and returns a view with the same model you will have this problem.

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult AddUser(UserCreateViewModel user)
{
    if (ModelState.IsValid)
    {
        var success = UserRepository.AddUser(user);

        if (success)
        {
            return View("Success");
        }
    }

    ModelState.Clear(); // <-------
    return View("AddUser");
}