Custom Validator

[raghulvarma]

I have developed a custom validator to see if the name is already present in the array, if present then error message is provided.I have a textbox(TextBox1) to enter a name a button (Button1) to validate.
The code that i did is as shown below.

 string[] names = { "Akash", "Ganga", "Sukaoi" };
ServerValidateEventArgs svea = new ServerValidateEventArgs("names", true);
    protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        ValidateName(TextBox1.Text,svea);
 
    }
 

public void ValidateName(object sender, ServerValidateEventArgs e)
    {
        foreach (string a in names)
        {
            if (e.Value.Equals(names))
            {
                Response.Write("Name already exists");
            }
            else
            {
               e.IsValid = false;
            }
        }
    }
 

It runs but does not check for validation?
any help?

[nateraaaa]

# foreach (string a in names)
# {
# if (e.Value.Equals(names))
# {
# Response.Write("Name already exists");
# }
# else
# {
# e.IsValid = false;
# }
# }

Are you wanting to loop through each string in the string array to identify if a string in the array is = to e.Value? If so the code above is incorrect. You need to check if e.Value.Equals(a)

foreach (string a in names)
         {
             if (e.Value.Equals(a))
             {
                 Response.Write("Name already exists");
             }
             else
             {
                e.IsValid = false;
             }
         }

Nathan