How to set few validation groups for one control? (ASP.NET 2.0)

[misiek]

Hi all.

I have following problem:
I have some user control called smallUserContrl , in which I have two
RangeValidator controls. I set their ValidationGroup property to
smallUserContro lGroup.

Also I have another user control called bigUserControl, in which I use
smallUserContro l. BigUserControl also has some validator, which has
ValidationGroup property set to bigUserControlG roup.

The problem is that I want to fire both validations at once
(smallUserContr olGroup and bigUserControlG roup). Of course I could set
ValidationGroup property in both user controls to the same value, but
it is not a good solution. Imagine such situation: I have some page and
put there BigUserControl (which includes SmallUserContro l) and also
another SmalUserControl . In such situation every validator control on
my page will be fired and that is not good, because maybe I would like
to fire validators only from bigUserControl.

Solution for this might be setting few ValidationGroup s for one control
e.g. button, but it doesn't work.

Is there some other solution?

Thanks in advance

[Peter Blum]

Even when Microsoft adds a new feature to address the limitations of their
past work, they don't always make it handle all the cases. Your case is a
reasonable one and not supported by validation groups in ASP.NET 2.0. That
system only matches to a single group name.

My Professional Validation And More (http://www.peterblum.com/vam/home.aspx)
is a replacement to the original validators. It handles this case. Its
validation groups permit one group, a list of groups
("groupname1|gr oupname2") and all groups using the token ("*").

Aside from that, you would have to develop some kind of hack.

--- Peter Blum
www.PeterBlum.com
Email: PL****@PeterBlu m.com
Creator of "Profession al Validation And More" at
http://www.peterblum.com/vam/home.aspx

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Hi all.

I have following problem:
I have some user control called smallUserContrl , in which I have two
RangeValidator controls. I set their ValidationGroup property to
smallUserContro lGroup.

Also I have another user control called bigUserControl, in which I use
smallUserContro l. BigUserControl also has some validator, which has
ValidationGroup property set to bigUserControlG roup.

The problem is that I want to fire both validations at once
(smallUserContr olGroup and bigUserControlG roup). Of course I could set
ValidationGroup property in both user controls to the same value, but
it is not a good solution. Imagine such situation: I have some page and
put there BigUserControl (which includes SmallUserContro l) and also
another SmalUserControl . In such situation every validator control on
my page will be fired and that is not good, because maybe I would like
to fire validators only from bigUserControl.

Solution for this might be setting few ValidationGroup s for one control
e.g. button, but it doesn't work.

Is there some other solution?

Thanks in advance