MVC3/4 Validating Hidden Fields

Question

I have set up model validation for my form but validation doesn\'t seem to work at all. I don\'t suppose anybody can help. I\'ve tried using the below work-around but that k

Answer 1

Its too late to change the ignore on the validator in this way after the unobtrusive script. This is because the validator only pulls in the defaults once - when it is created. The unobtrusive script creates the validator for you. You need to reference the existing validator object and update it.

try this

<script>
    $(document).ready(function () {            
        $('form').validate().settings.ignore = []
    });
</script>

Answer 2

If you don't have to use javascript, in your Controller, and in your action of the related view, you can add a model error before validating your model. Example:

 [HttpPost]
        public ActionResult Fix(YourModel mdl)
    {
        if (mdl.Customer_ID>Int32.MaxValue || mdl.Customer_ID<1)
            ModelState.AddModelError("", "Your error message!");

        if (ModelState.IsValid)
        {


           //
           //Some code
           //

            return View("YourView", yourlist);
        }

        return View(mdl);
    }