modelstate validation in asp.net mvc 2.0
I have implemented customised registratio page by extending the membership provider using profile provider.I successfully registered the user .Now i want to validate the fields of registration page.Built-in Registration page has builtin validation messages. Bu in my coding i am not passing model to the registration action, instead i am passing properties.So if i Use If(ModelState.IsValid) it is always gives true even i am not filling any fields .but after it throws an exception but not displaying error messages in the page.Please tell me what i have to do.How i am getting my validation messages.
I saw Account Models class in that for register Model built in validation conditions are there.So i am also writing like that for my properties.
Thanks in advance,
public ActionResult UserRegistration(string FirstName, string LastName, string LoginId, string EmailId, string Password, string ConfirmPassword) {
//int id= int.Parse(ViewData["id"] as string);
string firstName = FirstName;
string lastName = LastName;
string userName = LoginId;
string email = EmailId;
string password = Password;
string confirmPassword = ConfirmPassword;
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
MembershipCreateStatus status = MembershipService.CreateUser(userName, password, email);
//MembershipCreateStatus user = Membership.CreateUser(userName, password, email);
Roles.AddUserToRole(userName, "User");
UserProfile.NewUser.Initialize(userName, true);
UserProfile.NewUser.FirstName = firstName;
UserProfile.NewUser.LastName = lastName;
if (status == MembershipCreateStatus.Success)
{
UserProfile.NewUser.Save();
FormsService.SignIn(userName, false /* createPersistentCookie */);
return RedirectToAction("CreateAccountConfirmation");
}
else
{
ModelState.AddModelError("", AccountValidation.ErrorCodeToString(status));
}
the ModelState is valid because it's not invalid to have a blank field.
You either have to check every field manually in your action ( if (FirstName == null) ModelState.AddModelError("blabla"); )
or (and that I would suggest) you create a ViewModel and provide it with validation attributes
public class RegistrationModel
{
[Required]
public string FirstName { get; set; }
[Required]
public string LastName { get; set; }
[Required]
public string LoginId { get; set; }
[Required]
public string EmailId { get; set; }
[Required]
public string Password { get; set; }
[Required]
public string ConfirmPassword { get; set; }
}