Hi All

I m making a web app using C#,ASP.NET 2.0. In my application, i have a textbox namely textbox1. From the GUI i m entering date in textbox1 in DD/MM/YYYY format. I have to validate the date entered in textbox that it "should not be greater than or equal to current date".

How to do this?


-- Abhishek

Hi Abhishek!!,
On change of the textbox you can compare the entered value with the Current date .
hope this will help you

Cheers :)

vinod

Can u show me by code how to do it?



-- Abhishek

You can use a compare validator, set the type to date. Make sure the culture is set correctly in your web.config and set CultureInvariantValues to false. Set the ValueToCompare server-side to the current date.
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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

Hi Joe

I dont want to do any server side validation, i want to handle client side only, thats why i have posted my issue in the javascript forum.

Can u show me by code how can i handle it in Javascript.


-- Abhishek

Well you claimed you were using asp.net. The solution I gave will do client-side validation provided that you don't set EnableClientScript to false.

(You still need to check server-side, anyone can defeat client-side validation either knowingly or unwittingly.)

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

my 2cents if I may - Why let the user enter a date, I always use a date picker pop up like most web sites do. users are used to this, date formats arnt an issue......to many things in the pro's list to go against IMO

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Matt
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Hi Matt

Well, i am using AJAX for date. It looks like people out here are not giving me a precise answer. My problem is that when an user selects date and press submit,the date chosen by the user should get validated client side. The date should not be equal or greater than the current date. Date being selected by the user is in DD/MM/YYYY format. I am trying hard to get this thing working using javascript. The validation should not be done by using ASP controls.


-- Abhishek
C# Programmer

Not a precise answer?? I think Joe gave you one.

Maybe you don't understand how the validation controls work? Although they run at the server, they can emit client side script that fires at the *client*. So, simply use a CompareValidator control, set the current date as the value on the server (which is then transmitted to the client) and let the validation framework handle the rest.
Simple, clean and elegant and fully client side.

I don't see the problem, and I don't see why this wouldn't be precise. What's up with that requirement that "validation should not be done by using ASP controls"? Why not? They are designed specifically for these kind of scenarios.

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My current approach is to use a standard textbox, a claendar extender from the Ajax Control Toolkit, a required field validator if necessary, and a compare validator. The reason for that is that the extender still allows manual insertion of text into the box. I don't see the point of writing separate client-side validation, if I am using the ASP.NET model then I try to stick with that model even to the extent of inserting client-side code using the ClientScriptManager instead of directly including JavaScript.

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)