Onclick attribute firing before Validation Control

[sburden]

Hi Folks,

I have a situation where the OnClick attribute is firing before my validation controls and it's causing an error when attempting to add a row to my table. I generate this error when I key in an invalid zip code(123A5). How can I prevent this from happening?

<asp:Button ID="btnAdd" runat="server" Text="Add" OnClick="btnAdd_Click" Width="60px" />

<asp:TextBox ID="txtZIPCOD" runat="server" Width="171px" MaxLength="5"></asp:TextBox></td>

<td align="left" style="width: 325px" valign="top">

<asp:RangeValidator ID="Zip_Code_Validator" runat="server" ControlToValidate="txtZIPCOD" MaximumValue="99999"

MinimumValue="1" Type="Integer" Width="265px" SetFocusOnError="True" Display="None" ErrorMessage="Zip Code must be 5 digits (00001 - 99999)"></asp:RangeValidator></td>

 

[jshurst]

Maybe try setting the btn's causesValidation property to True.

 

[sburden]

Hi jshurst,

Thanks for responding however, that's already activated.

Regards

 

[jshurst]

Ah, sorry, misread the post. You coukd try creating a regular expression validator instead.

 

[TipGiver]

The problem is with the OnClick you have. Check this out.

Also, you may need to add a second REQUIRED validator, because it IS valid even if you leave it empty the textbox.

 

[sburden]

Okay, I'll look into that.

 

[TipGiver]

The action is handled by "Handles btnAdd.Click()". You should not add it again by the OnClick=""

You can use the OnClick= "..." in case you want to run a javascript

 

[sburden]

Hi TipGiver,

I'm new to asp.net and I'm not using code behind, I'm using code inline with the script tags so I'm actually running javascript.

Regards

 

[jshurst]

If you're using 2.0 you can use "OnClientClick" for JS.