Setting a TextBox to have a maximum length

[kezzab]

I have an application with a simple form which populates a backend SQL database. At the moment I can enter as much information as i like but if I go over the database field limit it gets truncated.

Is there a way I can specify the number of characters allowed at the data entry satge.

A snippet of my current code is as follows:-

<tr><td class='tdRowLabel'>Initials:</td> <td>
<asp:TextBox ID="txtInitials" Text='<%#Eval("Initials") %>' Size = "5" runat="server" />
</td></tr>

Thanks in Advance

 

[gmmastros]

In classic ASP...

<tr><td class='tdRowLabel'>Initials:</td>               <td>
  <asp:TextBox ID="txtInitials" Text='<%#Eval("Initials") %>' Size = "5" [!]maxlength="20"[/!] runat="server" />
</td></tr>

-George

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[DotNetGnat]

its the same even in ASP.NET...maxLength

-DNG

 

[kezzab]

Thank you - i got tied up with a MaxTextLength property for some reason!

Cheers