Hello

I am using a requiredfieldvalidator on a datagrid (Visual studio 2003) on both an edititemtemplate and a footertemplate
I have the following problem
  if i edit a record in the grid and then hit update the requiredfieldvalidator displays error message for the text boxes intended for adding a row. It also kicks in if i click on the heading to sort the column. This would be because it is placed inside the footertenmplate tag. Is there a check to only enforce the validation to kick while we are trying to add a record or is this validation best placed in the ItemCommand event?

regards

Guy

   Basically only show the footer if the user intends to add a row. Have a separate button "Add". Then in the ItemDataBound event, check if it is the Footer row and check if the "Add" button was clicked. If both are TRUE, then show the footer.