Does ASP.Net MVC 2 validation need some more thought in terms of patterns and use?

Question

Here is the lay of the land. Like most people I have my domain object and I have my view models. I love the idea of using view models, as it allows for models to be created spec

Answer 1

It turns out that AutoMapper may be able to do this for us automagically, which is the best case scenario.

AutoMapper-users: Transfer validation attributes to the viewmodel?
http://groups.google.com/group/automapper-users/browse_thread/thread/efa1d551e498311c/db4e7f6c93a77302?lnk=gst&q=validation#db4e7f6c93a77302

I haven't got around to trying out the proposed solutions there, but intend to shortly.

(Cross posted this on my (dupe) question as well).