No validation

vbboyd · May 26th, 2013, 12:49 AM

I tried to get your addReviewHandcoded page to try to use validation controls against the input fields and when I clicked the save button, the validation controls did not fire. I tried everything under the sun to make the validation controls to fire and it was a total non-starter. I know I set them up just fine. But they still wouldn't validate. Maybe you could try to recreate the same thing on your side of things if you like and if you want I will include the markup code so that you can see that I was doing everything properly. But this one is a really big head scratcher to say the least.

Imar · May 26th, 2013, 04:04 AM

What's described in the book certainly does work, so there must be something in your code or configuration that's messing up the validation.

Can you post the relevant code such as markup and code behind of the page as well as web.config, Global.asax.cs and the Master page (markup and code behind). As I am sure you realize, it's almost impossible to say anything useful without seeing the code.

Cheers,

Imar

vbboyd · May 26th, 2013, 02:28 PM

Code:

<%@ Page Title="Add Review" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/MasterPages/Frontend.master" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="AddReview.aspx.cs" Inherits="AddReview" %>

<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="head" Runat="Server">
    <style type="text/css">
        .auto-style3
        {
            width: 100%;
        }
    </style>
</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="cpMainContent" Runat="Server">
    <table class="auto-style3">
        <tr>
            <td>
                <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Font-Bold="True" Font-Names="Arial" ForeColor="#6600FF" Text="Title"></asp:Label>
            </td>
            <td>
                <asp:TextBox ID="TitleText" runat="server" Font-Bold="True" Font-Names="Calisto MT" Font-Size="Medium" ForeColor="#000099" Width="450px"></asp:TextBox>
                <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator1" runat="server" ControlToValidate="TitleText" Display="Dynamic" ErrorMessage="Please Enter a Title"></asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>
                <asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" Font-Bold="True" Font-Names="Arial" ForeColor="#6600FF" Text="Summary"></asp:Label>
            </td>
            <td>
                <asp:TextBox ID="SummaryText" runat="server" Font-Bold="True" Font-Names="Calisto MT" Font-Size="Medium" ForeColor="#000099" TextMode="MultiLine" Width="450px"></asp:TextBox>
                <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator2" runat="server" ControlToValidate="SummaryText" Display="Dynamic" ErrorMessage="Please Enter a Summary"></asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>
                <asp:Label ID="Body" runat="server" Font-Bold="True" Font-Names="Arial" ForeColor="#6600FF" Text="Body"></asp:Label>
            </td>
            <td>
                <asp:TextBox ID="BodyText" runat="server" Font-Bold="True" Font-Names="Calisto MT" Font-Size="Medium" ForeColor="#000099" TextMode="MultiLine" Width="450px"></asp:TextBox>
                <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator3" runat="server" ControlToValidate="BodyText" Display="Dynamic" ErrorMessage="Please Enter body Information"></asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
            </td>
        </tr>
         <tr>
    <td>
      <asp:Label ID="Label4" runat="server" Text="Genre" Font-Bold="True" Font-Names="Arial" Font-Size="Medium" ForeColor="#6600CC"></asp:Label>
    </td>
    <td>
      <asp:DropDownList ID="GenreList" runat="server" DataSourceID="EntityDataSource1" DataTextField="Name" DataValueField="Id" Font-Bold="True" Font-Names="Arial" ForeColor="#6600CC">
      </asp:DropDownList>
      <asp:EntityDataSource ID="EntityDataSource1" runat="server" ConnectionString="name=PlanetWroxEntities" DefaultContainerName="PlanetWroxEntities" EnableFlattening="False" EntitySetName="Genres">
      </asp:EntityDataSource>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
      
            <td>
                <asp:Label ID="Body1" runat="server" Font-Bold="True" Font-Names="Arial" ForeColor="#6600FF" Text="Authorized"></asp:Label>
            </td>
            <td>
                <asp:CheckBox ID="Authorized" runat="server" />
            </td>
        </tr>
        
        <tr>
            <td>&nbsp;</td>
            <td>
                <asp:Button ID="SaveButton" runat="server" OnClick="SaveButton_Click" Text="Save" BackColor="#FF99CC" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="Blue" />
            </td>
        </tr>
    </table>
</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ID="Content3" ContentPlaceHolderID="cpClientScript" Runat="Server">
</asp:Content>

More Code

Code:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using PlanetWroxModel;

public partial class AddReview : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    int _id = -1;
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        
    }
    protected void SaveButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        using (PlanetWroxEntities myEntities = new PlanetWroxEntities())
        {
            Review myReview;
            if (_id == -1) // Insert new item
            {
                myReview = new Review();
                myReview.CreateDateTime = DateTime.Now;
                myReview.UpdateDateTime = myReview.CreateDateTime;
                myEntities.AddToReviews(myReview);
            }
            else // update existing item
            {
                myReview = (from r in myEntities.Reviews
                            where r.Id == _id
                            select r).Single();
                myReview.UpdateDateTime = DateTime.Now;
            }
            myReview.Title = TitleText.Text;
            myReview.Summary = SummaryText.Text;
            myReview.Body = BodyText.Text;
            myReview.GenreId = Convert.ToInt32(GenreList.SelectedValue);
            myReview.Authorized = Authorized.Checked;
            myEntities.SaveChanges();
            Response.Redirect("ReviewThanks.aspx");
        }
    }
}

Web Config

Code:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!--
  For more information on how to configure your ASP.NET application, please visit
  http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169433
  -->
<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <!-- For more information on Entity Framework configuration, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=237468 -->
    <section name="entityFramework" type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false"/>
  </configSections>
  <connectionStrings>
    <add name="PlanetWroxConnectionString1" connectionString="Data Source=(LocalDB)\v11.0;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|\PlanetWrox.mdf;Integrated Security=True" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"/>
    <add name="PlanetWroxEntities" connectionString="metadata=res://*/App_Code.PlanetWrox.csdl|res://*/App_Code.PlanetWrox.ssdl|res://*/App_Code.PlanetWrox.msl;provider=System.Data.SqlClient;provider connection string=&quot;data source=(LocalDB)\v11.0;attachdbfilename=|DataDirectory|\PlanetWrox.mdf;integrated security=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=True;App=EntityFramework&quot;" providerName="System.Data.EntityClient"/>
  </connectionStrings>
  <appSettings>
    <add key="ValidationSettings:UnobtrusiveValidationMode" value="WebForms"/>
  </appSettings>
  <system.web>
    <trace mostRecent="true" enabled="false" requestLimit="100" pageOutput="false" localOnly="true" />
    <customErrors mode="On" defaultRedirect="~/Errors/OtherErrors.aspx" redirectMode="ResponseRewrite">
      <error statusCode="404" redirect="~/Errors/Error404.aspx"/>
    </customErrors>
    <authentication mode="Forms"/>
    <pages theme="Monochrome">
      <controls>
        <add tagPrefix="Wrox" tagName="Banner" src="~/Controls/Banner.ascx"/>
      </controls>
    </pages>
    <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.5">
      <assemblies>
        <add assembly="System.Security, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A"/>
        <add assembly="System.Data.Entity, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"/>
        <add assembly="System.Data.Entity.Design, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"/>
      </assemblies>
      <buildProviders>
        <add extension=".edmx" type="System.Data.Entity.Design.AspNet.EntityDesignerBuildProvider"/>
      </buildProviders>
    </compilation>
    <httpRuntime targetFramework="4.5"/>
    <profile defaultProvider="DefaultProfileProvider">
      <properties>
        <add name="FirstName"/>
        <add name="LastName"/>
        <add name="DateOfBirth" type="System.DateTime"/>
        <add name="Bio"/>
        <add name="FavoriteGenres" type="System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Int32]"/>
      </properties>
      <providers>
        <add name="DefaultProfileProvider" type="System.Web.Providers.DefaultProfileProvider, System.Web.Providers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" connectionStringName="PlanetWroxConnectionString1" applicationName="/"/>
      </providers>
    </profile>
    <membership defaultProvider="DefaultMembershipProvider">
      <providers>
        <add name="DefaultMembershipProvider" type="System.Web.Providers.DefaultMembershipProvider, System.Web.Providers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" connectionStringName="PlanetWroxConnectionString1" enablePasswordRetrieval="false" enablePasswordReset="true" requiresQuestionAndAnswer="false" requiresUniqueEmail="false" maxInvalidPasswordAttempts="5" minRequiredPasswordLength="7" minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters="1" passwordAttemptWindow="10" applicationName="/"/>
      </providers>
    </membership>
    <roleManager enabled="true" defaultProvider="DefaultRoleProvider">
      <providers>
        <add connectionStringName="PlanetWroxConnectionString1" applicationName="/" name="DefaultRoleProvider" type="System.Web.Providers.DefaultRoleProvider, System.Web.Providers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
      </providers>
    </roleManager>
    <sessionState mode="InProc" customProvider="DefaultSessionProvider">
      <providers>
        <add name="DefaultSessionProvider" type="System.Web.Providers.DefaultSessionStateProvider, System.Web.Providers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" connectionStringName="PlanetWroxConnectionString1"/>
      </providers>
    </sessionState>
  </system.web>
  <system.net>
   <mailSettings>
      
    
      </smtp>
    </mailSettings>
  </system.net>
  <system.serviceModel>
    <behaviors>
      <endpointBehaviors>
        <behavior name="NameServiceAspNetAjaxBehavior">
          <enableWebScript/>
        </behavior>
      </endpointBehaviors>
    </behaviors>
    <serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true" multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true"/>
    <services>
      <service name="NameService">
        <endpoint address="" behaviorConfiguration="NameServiceAspNetAjaxBehavior" binding="webHttpBinding" contract="NameService"/>
      </service>
    </services>
  </system.serviceModel>
  <location path="Management">
    <system.web>
      <authorization>
        <allow roles="Managers"/>
        <deny users="*"/>
      </authorization>
    </system.web>
  </location>
  <location path="MyProfile.aspx">
    <system.web>
      <authorization>
        <deny users="?"/>
      </authorization>
    </system.web>
  </location>
  <location path="ManagePhotoAlbum.aspx">
    <system.web>
      <authorization>
        <deny users="?"/>
      </authorization>
    </system.web>
  </location>
  <location path="NewPhotoAlbum.aspx">
    <system.web>
      <authorization>
        <deny users="?"/>
      </authorization>
    </system.web>
  </location>
</configuration>

vbboyd · May 26th, 2013, 02:29 PM

Code:

<%@ Application Language="C#" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Net.Mail" %>

<script RunAt="server">

  void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
    ScriptManager.ScriptResourceMapping.AddDefinition("jquery", new ScriptResourceDefinition { Path = "~/Scripts/jquery-1.7.2.min.js" });
  }

  void Application_End(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
    //  Code that runs on application shutdown

  }

  void Application_Error(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
    if (HttpContext.Current.Server.GetLastError() != null)
    {
      Exception myException = HttpContext.Current.Server.GetLastError().GetBaseException();
      string mailSubject = "Error in page " + Request.Url.ToString();
      string message = string.Empty;
      message += "<strong>Message</strong><br />" + myException.Message + "<br />";
      message += "<strong>Stack Trace</strong><br />" + myException.StackTrace + "<br />";
      message += "<strong>Query String</strong><br />" + Request.QueryString.ToString() + "<br />";
      MailMessage myMessage = new MailMessage("[email protected]", "[email protected]", mailSubject, message);
      myMessage.IsBodyHtml = true;
      SmtpClient mySmtpClient = new SmtpClient();
      mySmtpClient.Send(myMessage);
    }
  }

  void Session_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
    // Code that runs when a new session is started

  }

  void Session_End(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
    // Code that runs when a session ends. 
    // Note: The Session_End event is raised only when the sessionstate mode
    // is set to InProc in the Web.config file. If session mode is set to StateServer 
    // or SQLServer, the event is not raised.

  }
       
</script>

Imar · May 26th, 2013, 03:23 PM

I experimented a bit with this and it seems that UnobtrusiveValidation combined with a ScriptManager and a jQuery ScriptReference in the frontend master page doesn't work well. Your code works fine for me when I use the Management master page but doesn't work when I use the frontend master page.

Two possible fixes:

1. Set ValidationSettings:UnobtrusiveValidationMode to None in web.config or

2. Make sure you call Page.IsValid before you insert the review (see page 332 for more details).

Note that you should always implement option 2 (regardless of option 1). That issue now came to light because client-side validation doesn't work (for some reason). You should always call Page.IsValid to prevent users with JavaScript disabled from submitting invalid data.

Cheers,

Imar

Imar · May 26th, 2013, 03:39 PM

Another, and most likely the correct way to resolve the issue, is described here: http://jupaol.blogspot.nl/2012/09/en...tion-from.html

You need to install the mentioned NuGet packages and then update the ScriptManager by adding a number of ScriptReference elements to the <Scripts> section.

Cheers,

Imar