I'm stymied as to why I can't get a particular Validator control to behave properly. I have a very simple form - a label, a textbox and a button.

I added into the mix a Required Field Validator to prevent blank entries. However, blanks are passing and my button click event code fires. (I tried a second validator on the same page with the same results)

I am using the default ID and setting the ErrorMessgae and ControlToValidate properties appropriately.

I am using Required Field Validators in other parts of my project with no problems. Am I missing something obvious?



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Did you assign the controltovalidate to the textbox or button?

It should look like this:
<asp:RequiredFieldValidator id="RequiredFieldValidator1" ControlToValidate="txtEmailP" Display="Dynamic" runat="server" ErrorMessage="Please Enter Your Email"></asp:RequiredFieldValidator>

Yes -

<asp:requiredfieldvalidator id="RequiredFieldValidator1" style="Z-INDEX: 109; LEFT: 656px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 198px" runat="server" ErrorMessage="Type name is required" ControlToValidate="txtAttType"></asp:requiredfieldvalidator>

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Ok, this makes tons of sense to me...

I decided to work around the problem with a plain old label, initially set to visible = false, and then make it visible if the textbox was empty. This worked as expected.

However, with this extra label around, the Validator now works!

Does this make any sense to anyone? I'd like to remove the kludgy label if I could.

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