I downloaded the xVal sample project from Steve Sanderson’s blog, run it, and the sever side validation it's working (after i click submit), but the client side doesn't; although i looked at the source and saw the generated javascript
<script type="text/javascript">xVal.AttachValidator("booking", {"Fields":[{"FieldName":"ClientName","FieldRules":[{"RuleName":"Required","RuleParameters":{}},{"RuleName":"StringLength","RuleParameters":{"MaxLength":"3"}}]},{"FieldName":"NumberOfGuests","FieldRules":[{"RuleName":"Range","RuleParameters":{"Min":"1","Max":"20","Type":"decimal"}},{"RuleName":"DataType","RuleParameters":{"Type":"Integer"}}]},{"FieldName":"ArrivalDate","FieldRules":[{"RuleName":"DataType","RuleParameters":{"Type":"Date"}},{"RuleName":"Required","RuleParameters":{}}]}]})</script>
my view code:
<%@ Page Title="" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Views/Shared/Site.Master" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="CreateBooking.aspx.cs" Inherits="BookingsDemo.Views.Home.CreateBooking" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="DomainModel"%>
<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent" runat="server">
<h1>Place a booking</h1>
<% using(Html.BeginForm()) { %>
<div>
Your name: <%= Html.TextBox("booking.ClientName") %>
<%= Html.ValidationMessage("booking.ClientName") %>
</div>
<div>
Number of guests: <%= Html.TextBox("booking.NumberOfGuests")%>
<%= Html.ValidationMessage("booking.NumberOfGuests")%>
</div>
<div>
Expected arrival date: <%= Html.TextBox("booking.ArrivalDate")%>
<%= Html.ValidationMessage("booking.ArrivalDate")%>
</div>
<input type="submit" />
<% } %>
<%= Html.ClientSideValidation<Booking>("booking") %>
</asp:Content>
here is the generated html:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /><title>
</title><link href="../Content/Site.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="/Scripts/jquery-1.2.6.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/Scripts/jquery.validate.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/Scripts/xVal.jquery.validate.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="page">
<div id="header">
<div id="title">
</div>
<div id="menucontainer">
</div>
</div>
<div id="main">
<h1>Place a booking</h1>
<form action="/Home/CreateBooking" method="post">
<div>
Your name: <input id="booking_ClientName" name="booking.ClientName" type="text" value="" />
</div>
<div>
Number of guests: <input id="booking_NumberOfGuests" name="booking.NumberOfGuests" type="text" value="" />
</div>
<div>
Expected arrival date: <input id="booking_ArrivalDate" name="booking.ArrivalDate" type="text" value="" />
</div>
<input type="submit" />
</form><script type="text/javascript">xVal.AttachValidator("booking", {"Fields":[{"FieldName":"ClientName","FieldRules":[{"RuleName":"Required","RuleParameters":{}},{"RuleName":"StringLength","RuleParameters":{"MaxLength":"15"}}]},{"FieldName":"NumberOfGuests","FieldRules":[{"RuleName":"Range","RuleParameters":{"Min":"1","Max":"20","Type":"decimal"}},{"RuleName":"DataType","RuleParameters":{"Type":"Integer"}}]},{"FieldName":"ArrivalDate","FieldRules":[{"RuleName":"DataType","RuleParameters":{"Type":"Date"}},{"RuleName":"Required","RuleParameters":{}}]}]})</script>
<div id="footer">
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</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>