In this article I will explain with an example, how to perform AlphaNumeric TextBox Validation i.e. allow only Alphabet and Number characters validation on Client Side using Data Annotation and jQuery in ASP.Net Core Razor Pages.
The AlphaNumeric TextBox validation i.e. allow only Upper Case and Lower Case Alphabet and Number (Digits) characters validation will be performed using Regular Expression (Regex).
Model
The following Model class consists of one property UserName. The property is decorated with the following Data Annotation attributes for performing validations.
1. Required Data Annotation attribute.
2. RegularExpression Data Annotation attribute.
Note: The Data Annotations attributes can be used with the Entity Data Model (EDM), LINQ to SQL, and other data models.
The Required Data Annotation and the RegularExpression Data Annotation attributes have been specified with a property Error Message with a string value. As the name suggests, this string value will be displayed to the user when the respective validation fails.
The RegularExpression Data Annotation attribute has been set with a Regular Expression for validating Alphanumeric i.e. Alphabets and Numbers.
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
namespace Alphanumeric_Validation_Razor_Core.Models
{
public class PersonModel
{
[Display(Name = "Username")]
[Required(ErrorMessage = "Username is required.")]
[RegularExpression("^[a-zA-Z0-9]*$", ErrorMessage = "Only Alphabets and Numbers allowed.")]
public string UserName { get; set; }
}
}
Razor PageModel (Code-Behind)
The PageModel consists of following two Handler methods.
Handler method for handling GET operation
This Handler method handles the GET calls, for this particular example it is not required and hence left empty.
Handler method for handling POST operation
This Handler method handles the POST operation and when the form is submitted, the object of the PersonModel class is sent to this method.
The state of the submitted Model is checked using ModelState.IsValid property.
Note: ModelState.IsValid property is an inbuilt property which verifies two things:
1. Whether the Form values are bound to the Model.
2. All the validations specified inside Model class using Data annotations have been passed.
public class IndexModel : PageModel
{
public PersonModel Person { get; set; }
public void OnGet()
{
}
public void OnPostSubmit(PersonModel person)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
// Validation Success.
}
}
}
Razor Page (HTML)
The Form
The HTML of Razor Page consists of an HTML Form which has been created using following ASP.Net Tag Helpers attribute.
method – It specifies the Form Method i.e. GET or POST. In this case it will be set to POST.
Implementing Validation
The Form consists of a Label, a HTML INPUT TextBox, a SPAN element and a Submit Button.
The TextBox has been set with the following Tag Helpers attributes:-
asp-for – The Model property to which validation will be performed. In this case UserName.
asp-validation-for – Displaying the validation message for the Model property.
The Submit Button has been set with the POST Handler method using the asp-page-handler attribute. When the Submit button is clicked, the Form gets submitted and the UserName value is sent to the Handler method.
Note: In the Razor PageModel, the Handler method name is OnPostSubmit but here it will be specified as Submit when calling from the Razor HTML Page.
Enabling Client-Side validations
By default, the validations performed using Data Annotations and Model class is performed on Server Side.
In order to enable Client-Side validations, you will need to inherit the following script files.
1. jquery.js
2. jquery.validate.js
3. jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js
Once, the above files are inherited automatically, the Client-Side validations using Data Annotations is enabled.
@page
@model Alphanumeric_Validation_Razor_Core.Pages.IndexModel
@addTagHelper*, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers
@{
Layout = null;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
<title>Index</title>
<style type="text/css">
body { font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; }
.error { color: red; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form method="post">
<table>
<tr>
<td><label asp-for="Person.UserName"></label></td>
<td><input asp-for="Person.UserName" /></td>
<td><span asp-validation-for="Person.UserName" class="error"></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td><input type="submit" value="Submit" asp-page-handler="Submit" /></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery-validate/1.19.3/jquery.validate.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery-validation-unobtrusive/3.2.12/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
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