[Solved] Client side validation event needed

[Bob]

I know I can tie into the standard MVC validations while editing a grid but I don't think that will work or is even needed here.

What I want to do is validate that a value entered into a column is unique in that grid. This grid will have a small number of rows that will always be in the client. Also, since they can add multiple rows at a time I can't use for example a remote validation and verify that the field is not in the db since it might not be even if they entered it in another row.

I tried to use the OnEdit event. But, that seems to fire when I click into the field to edit rather than after the user edits it.

I also tried to use jQuery delegate for the blur even of the input fields. But that never fires. I expect it is because the input tag is added/removed on the fly during batch editing. 

I really need some type of OnChanged event or something.

thanks,
BOb

[Petur Subev]

Hi Bob,

I suppose that the appropriate event which suits your case is the onSave client event of the Grid.
I hope this helps.

Regards,
Petur Subev
the Telerik team

[Bob]

How would I go about looping through the data to count the matching values. Basically I am trying this in the onSave:

        var count = 0;
        $("tr", e.currentTarget).each(function () {
            if ($(e.currentTarget).data("tGrid").dataItem($(this)).FiscalYear == e.values.FiscalYear)
                count++;
        });

but not having any luck. 

thanks for any advice.
BOb

[Petur Subev]

Hello Bob,

I assume that the problem is the selector used to get the tr elements.
You should use $("tr", "#YourGridName tbody")because the one you used includes the row in the header which causes an exception.

All the best,
Petur Subev
the Telerik team

[Bob]

Thanks. I'll give it a try.

BOb