How to place a required field validator inside a GridView TextBox

Question

I have a GridView with some TemplateField items containing TextBox controls. I would like to add a required field validator on it. This is my code:

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="vid">
    <EditItemTemplate>
         <asp:TextBox ID="txtvid" runat="server" Width="150px"
                            Text='<%# Bind("vid") %>'>
         </asp:TextBox>
    </EditItemTemplate>
    <ItemTemplate>
         <asp:Label 
                   ID="lblvid" runat="server" 
                   Text='<%# Bind("vid") %>'>
         </asp:Label>
    </ItemTemplate>
 </asp:TemplateField>

How do I place a required field validator on txtvid?

Dominic Zukiewicz · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-02T08:01:57.010

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In the Edit template, add a RequiredFieldValidator like this:

<EditItemTemplate>
    <asp:TextBox ID="txtvid" 
                 runat="server" Width="150px"
                 Text='<%# Bind("vid") %>'>
    </asp:TextBox>
    <asp:RequiredFieldValidator 
                 ControlToValidate="txtvid" 
                 runat="server" 
                 ErrorMessage="Please enter a 'vid' number" 
                 Text="*"/>
</EditItemTemplate>

Here is the reference for the RequiredFieldValidator on MSDN.

UPDATE:

If you wanted a regular expression validator, its pretty much the same, but with the RegularExpressionValidator control:

 <asp:RegularExpressionValidator 
     ControlToValidate="txtvid"
     ValidationExpression="\d{10}"
     runat="server" 
     ErrorMessage="Please enter a 'vid' of 10 digits" 
     Text="*"/>

Here is a complete list of the functionality for the RegularExpressionValidator on MSDN.

edited Oct 02 '13 at 08:01

answered Oct 02 '13 at 07:40

Dominic Zukiewicz

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basically i use regular expression validator and already try that code by my self by it not working – amitesh Oct 02 '13 at 07:44
required field validator is working fine but regular expression is not working here – amitesh Oct 02 '13 at 07:45
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@amitesh: But your question is: _"how to put required field validation inside gridview textbox"_ – Tim Schmelter Oct 02 '13 at 07:50
sry guys but yes dominiz your code work i use regularexpression validator and it work thanks mate and thank tim – amitesh Oct 02 '13 at 07:55

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 29 '16 at 05:17

Within gridview i assign textbox,requiredfieldvalidator and button,This validator validate all textboxes in gridview when button click without filling textbox. How can i solve this..

    <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="vid">               
        <ItemTemplate>
    <asp:TextBox ID="txtvid" runat="server" Width="150px" ValidationGroup ="subgrp">
             </asp:TextBox>
<asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="rfvQuantity" ControlToValidate="txtvid" runat="server"
                    ErrorMessage="Required" ForeColor="Red"
                    ValidationGroup = "subgrp"></asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
             <asp:Label 
                       ID="lblvid" runat="server" 
                       Text='<%# Bind("vid") %>'>
             </asp:Label>
<asp:Button ID="btnSelect" runat="server" Text="Select" ValidationGroup ="subgrp"/>
        </ItemTemplate>
     </asp:TemplateField>

This will validate all textboxs in gridview,When i click button in particular row without filling the textbox in itemtemplate.

Set your button attribute CauseValidation = "false" .Because it is default true. — Unknown Artist, Oct 21 '21 at 08:48

How to place a required field validator inside a GridView TextBox

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