Validation of Guid

Question

I have a strongly-typed view which has a DropDownListFor attribute on it.

Each item in the dropdown list is represented by a GUID.

What I\'m after is a way

Answer 1

Regex actually does work (if you use the right one!)

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[RegularExpression("^((?!00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000).)*$", ErrorMessage = "Cannot use default Guid")]
public Guid Id { get; set; }