MVC3 jquery validation MinLength filter not working

Question

I have this in my mode:

[Required(AllowEmptyStrings = false, ErrorMessageResourceType = typeof(Registration), ErrorMessageResourceName = "NameRequired")]
[MinLength(3, ErrorMessageResourceType = typeof(Registration), ErrorMessageResourceName = "NameTooShort")]
public String Name { get; set; }

This ends up in:

    <div class="editor-label">
        <label for="Name">Name</label>
    </div>
    <div class="editor-field">
        <input class="text-box single-line" data-val="true" data-val-required="Name is required" id="Name" name="Name" type="text" value="" />
        <span class="field-validation-valid" data-valmsg-for="Name" data-valmsg-replace="true"></span>
    </div>

How come MinLength is being ignored by the compiler? How can I "turn it on"?

score 32 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 30 '14 at 17:09

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Instead of using MinLength attribute use this instead:

[StringLength(100, ErrorMessage = "The {0} must be at least {2} characters long.", MinimumLength = 6)]

String Length MSDN

Advantage: no need to write custom attribute

edited Jul 30 '14 at 17:09

Jim

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answered Apr 17 '12 at 09:10

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`MinLength` is now supported. See @Josh answer. – Mrchief Jun 26 '14 at 03:45

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 18 '11 at 14:44

Instead of going through the hassle of creating custom attributes...why not use a regular expression?

// Minimum of 3 characters, unlimited maximum
[RegularExpression(@"^.{3,}$", ErrorMessage = "Not long enough!")]

// No minimum, maximum of 42 characters
[RegularExpression(@"^.{,42}$", ErrorMessage = "Too long!")]

// Minimum of 13 characters, maximum of 37 characters
[RegularExpression(@"^.{13,37}$", ErrorMessage = "Needs to be 13 to 37 characters yo!")]

score 6 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 17 '16 at 12:30

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The latest version of ASP.Net MVC now supports MinLength and MaxLength attributes. See the official asp.net mvc page: Unobtrusive validation for MinLengthAttribute and MaxLengthAttribute

edited Jun 17 '16 at 12:30

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answered Apr 21 '14 at 17:29

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

Check this question. Reading the comments it seems that both minlength and maxlenght do not work. So they suggest to use StringLength attribute for maxlenght. I guess you should write a custom attribute for the min legth

for the custom attribute you can do something like this

[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Property, AllowMultiple = false, Inherited = false)]
public class MyMinLengthAttribute : ValidationAttribute
{
  public int MinValue { get; set; }  

  public override bool IsValid(object value)
  {
    return value != null && value is string && ((string)value).Length >= MinValue;
  }
}

Hope it helps

MVC3 jquery validation MinLength filter not working

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