Hi friends,

I m using a DataList to show the details of any employees. & provide EditItemTemplate to edit the personal information. There are some textbox & drop downs. Now how can I use Validation Controls for these IditTempalte controls. I have placed Required field validator with these controls, but it does'nt work.
Pls solve my problem.

How can I use Validation controls in a DataList when I m editing some Data in EditItemtemplate with TextBox & dropdown server controls.

Please post some source.

"The one language all programmers understand is profanity."

This is a part of the code. It contain textbox & required field validator. But when i press Update link button, no validator control work. Pls give me the solution!!

<EditItemTemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<td><asp:LinkButton Text="Update!" CommandName="Update" Runat="server" CausesValidation="True" /></td> <td><asp:LinkButton Text="Cancel!" CommandName="Cancel" Runat="server" CausesValidation="False" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right"><b>User ID:</b></td>
<td><%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"FacultyID") %></td>
</tr>
<tr> <td align="right"><b>Email ID:</b></td>
<td>
<asp:TextBox ID="txtEmailID" Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"EmailID") %>' Runat=server></asp:TextBox>
<asp:regularexpressionvalidator id="RegularExpressionValidator1" runat="server" ErrorMessage="Please enter a valid email" ControlToValidate="txtEmailID" ValidationExpression="\w+([-+.]\w+)*@\w+([-.]\w+)*\.\w+([-.]\w+)*">*</asp:regularexpressionvalidator>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td align="right"><b>Company name:</b></td>
<td><asp:TextBox ID="txtCompanyName" Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"CompanyName") %>' Runat="server"></asp:TextBox> </td></tr>
</table>
</EditItemTemplate>

Instead of placing the Update and Cancel buttons inside the EditItemTemplate, move them over to an EditCommandColumn. I do the same thing in the a datagrid as follows:

<asp:EditCommandColumn ItemStyle-VerticalAlign="Top" ItemStyle-Width="83" ButtonType="LinkButton" UpdateText="Update" HeaderText="Edit" CancelText="Cancel" EditText="Edit Record"></asp:EditCommandColumn>


    <asp:TemplateColumn ItemStyle-VerticalAlign="Top" ItemStyle-Width="75" HeaderText="DOB">
    <ItemTemplate>
        <asp:Label ID="Label4" Runat=server text='<%# Container.DataItem("DOB") %>' />
        </ItemTemplate>
        <EditItemTemplate>

     <asp:TextBox ID="txtDOB" MaxLength="10" CssClass="inputEdit" Text='<%# Container.DataItem("DOB") %>' Runat=server />
<asp:RegularExpressionValidator id="RegularExpressionValidator2" runat="server" ControlToValidate="txtDOB" ValidationExpression="\d{2}(\/|\\|-)\d{2}(\/|\\|-)\d{4}">Invalid</asp:RegularExpressionValidator>
    </EditItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateColumn>

The above code works for me without problem.

hth.


"The one language all programmers understand is profanity."

Hi Friend,
I m sorry to say, but i think u have not read my question carefully. I am talking about "DataList", not DataGrid & DataList does't hav any EditCommandColumn.
I hope, now u can give me a better solution.

Regards,
Anuj Rathi