Custom Validator not preventing processing

[WalterHeisenberg]

Hello,

I have a wizard which has a few textboxes for customers to enter a start/stop date and a regular expression in place to ensure they enter it in the proper format. I also added a custom validator to test the date. Although the validation test is failing (confirmed by responsewriting args.IsValid) the page proceeds to fire the wizard_nextbuttonclick event which writes to db and blows up since there is bad data. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Here is code (omitting non-relevant stuff):

aspx:

 <asp:CustomValidator ID="CustomValidator1" runat="server" ErrorMessage="Date fields do not have valid values." OnServerValidate="CustomValidator1_ServerValidate"></asp:CustomValidator>

code behind:

  protected void CustomValidator1_ServerValidate(object source, ServerValidateEventArgs args)
    {      
        if (DateTime.TryParse(startDate, out datetime) == true && DateTime.TryParse(endDate, out datetime2) == true)
        {
            args.IsValid = true;
        }
        else
        {
            args.IsValid = false;
        }
     }

 

[ChewDoggie]

In the 'wizard_nextbuttonclick' Event, you should have some code that looks like this:

if (CustomValidator1_ServerValidate.IsValid)
    {
    // Submit the Form
    }
else
    {
    // Don't Submit the Form
    }

HTH

Chew


10% of your life is what happens to you. 90% of your life is how you deal with it.

 

[ChewDoggie]

DOH ! Sorry, it should be:

if (CustomValidator1.IsValid)
    {
    // Submit the form
    }
else
    {
    // Don't Submit the form
    }

C.

10% of your life is what happens to you. 90% of your life is how you deal with it.

 

[WalterHeisenberg]

Thanks very much. This did the trick. For some reason I was under the impression the custom_validator control would cancel the request inherently if it failed.