ValidationGroups dont work within RadGrid

[Craig]

I have been adding validation to a RadGrid, whenever i try to add any Validation groups it causes the RequiredFieldValidator to not work at all

Is there any work around for this? I would like to have a summary of errors listed

<telerik:RadGrid ID="RadGrid2" runat="server" Width="100%"
                    AllowAutomaticInserts="True"
                    AllowAutomaticUpdates="True"
                    AllowPaging="True"
                    AllowMultiRowEdit="false"
                    AllowMultiRowSelection="false"
                    AutoGenerateColumns="False"
                    DataSourceID="SqlDataSource2"
                    EnableLinqExpressions="false"
                    GridLines="None"
                    OnItemCreated="RadGrid2_ItemCreated"
                    OnItemDataBound="RadGrid2_ItemDataBound"
                    OnItemUpdated="RadGrid2_ItemUpdated"
                    OnItemInserted="RadGrid2_ItemInserted"
                    OnDataBound="RadGrid2_DataBound"
                    OnItemCommand="RadGrid2_ItemCommand"
                    OnPreRender="RadGrid2_PreRender">
                    <PagerStyle Mode="NextPrevAndNumeric" />
                    <MasterTableView Width="100%" CommandItemDisplay="Bottom" EditMode="InPlace"
                        DataSourceID="SqlDataSource2" HorizontalAlign="NotSet" AutoGenerateColumns="false">
                        <Columns>
                            <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="ProductTypeId" HeaderText="ProductTypeId" SortExpression="ProductTypeId" UniqueName="ProductTypeId" Visible="false">
                            </telerik:GridBoundColumn>

                            <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="ProductAttributeDefKeyOri" HeaderText="ProductAttributeDefKeyOri" SortExpression="ProductAttributeDefKeyOri" UniqueName="ProductAttributeDefKeyOri" Visible="false">
                            </telerik:GridBoundColumn>

                            <telerik:GridDropDownColumn ListTextField="Name" ListValueField="ProductAttributeDefKey" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource3" HeaderText="Attribute" DataField="ProductAttributeDefKey" UniqueName="ProductAttributeDefKey" DropDownControlType="DropDownList" EnableEmptyListItem="true" EmptyListItemText="Select an attribute..." EmptyListItemValue="">
                            </telerik:GridDropDownColumn>

                            <telerik:GridTemplateColumn DefaultInsertValue="1" DataField="SortOrder" HeaderText="Sort Order" SortExpression="SortOrder" UniqueName="SortOrder"  ForceExtractValue="Always" >
                                <EditItemTemplate>
                                    <telerik:RadNumericTextBox runat="server" ID="tbSortOrder" DbValue='<%# Bind("SortOrder") %>' ShowSpinButtons="true" SpinDownCssClass="" SpinUpCssClass="" Width="50px" MinValue="1" MaxValue="999" NumberFormat-DecimalDigits="0" CssClass="textbox_increment">
                                    </telerik:RadNumericTextBox>
                                    <asp:RequiredFieldValidator runat="server" ControlToValidate="tbSortOrder" ErrorMessage="*" ValidationGroup="grid2"></asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
                                </EditItemTemplate>
                                <ItemTemplate>
                                    <%# Eval("SortOrder")%>
                                </ItemTemplate>
                                <ItemStyle CssClass="MyImageButton" />
                            </telerik:GridTemplateColumn>

                            <telerik:GridCheckBoxColumn DataField="Enabled" HeaderText="Enabled" SortExpression="Enabled" UniqueName="Enabled" DefaultInsertValue="Checked"  >
                            </telerik:GridCheckBoxColumn>

                            <telerik:GridCheckBoxColumn DataField="Required" HeaderText="Required" SortExpression="Required" UniqueName="Required" DefaultInsertValue="1">
                            </telerik:GridCheckBoxColumn>

                            <telerik:GridEditCommandColumn ButtonType="ImageButton" UniqueName="EditCommandColumn">
                                <ItemStyle CssClass="MyImageButton" />
                            </telerik:GridEditCommandColumn>
                        </Columns>
                        <EditFormSettings ColumnNumber="2" CaptionFormatString="Edit Attribute" InsertCaption="Add Attribute">
                            <FormTableItemStyle Wrap="true"></FormTableItemStyle>
                            <FormCaptionStyle CssClass="EditFormHeader"></FormCaptionStyle>
                            <FormMainTableStyle GridLines="None" CellSpacing="0" CellPadding="0" BackColor="White" Width="100%" />
                            <FormTableStyle CellSpacing="0" CellPadding="1" BackColor="White" />
                            <FormTableAlternatingItemStyle Wrap="False"></FormTableAlternatingItemStyle>
                            <PopUpSettings Modal="true" />
                            <EditColumn ButtonType="ImageButton" InsertText="Add Attribute" UpdateText="Update Attribute" UniqueName="EditCommandColumn1" CancelText="Cancel Edit"></EditColumn>
                            <FormTableButtonRowStyle HorizontalAlign="Right" CssClass="EditFormButtonRow"></FormTableButtonRowStyle>
                        </EditFormSettings>
                        <CommandItemSettings AddNewRecordText="Add Attribute" />
                    </MasterTableView>
                </telerik:RadGrid>

protected void RadGrid2_ItemCreated(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Item is GridEditableItem && e.Item.IsInEditMode)
            {
                //attribute validation
                GridEditableItem item = e.Item as GridEditableItem;
                DropDownList dropDownList1 = item["ProductAttributeDefKey"].Controls[0] as DropDownList;
                GridDropDownColumnEditor editor = (GridDropDownColumnEditor)item.EditManager.GetColumnEditor("ProductAttributeDefKey");
                TableCell cell = (TableCell)editor.ContainerControl;

                RequiredFieldValidator validator = new RequiredFieldValidator();
                validator.ControlToValidate = dropDownList1.ID;
                validator.ErrorMessage = "*";
                validator.ValidationGroup = "grid2";
                cell.Controls.Add(validator);
            }

            if (e.Item is GridEditableItem && e.Item.IsInEditMode)
            {
                if (e.Item.OwnerTableView.IsItemInserted)
                {
                    //set required and enabled default values for inserting
                    GridEditableItem edititem = (GridEditableItem)e.Item;
                    CheckBox chkbx = (CheckBox)edititem["Enabled"].Controls[0];
                    chkbx.Checked = true;
                    chkbx = (CheckBox)edititem["Required"].Controls[0];
                    chkbx.Checked = true;
                }
            }
        }

[Jayesh Goyani]

Hello,

Please also set for validationGroup for Insert/Update Button.

protected void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Item.IsInEditMode && e.Item is GridEditableItem)
            {
                if (e.Item is GridDataInsertItem)
                {
                    GridEditableItem editItem = (GridEditableItem)e.Item;
                    LinkButton InsertButton = (LinkButton)editItem.FindControl("PerformInsertButton");
                    InsertButton.ValidationGroup = "YourValidationGroup";
                }
                else
                {
                    GridEditableItem editItem = (GridEditableItem)e.Item;
                    LinkButton updateButton = (LinkButton)editItem.FindControl("UpdateButton");
                    updateButton.ValidationGroup = "YourValidationGroup";
                }
            }
        }

Thanks,
Jayesh Goyani

[Craig]

Grid still refuses to enter edit/insert mode if i enter the above code or add any validation groups within the grid

[Marin]

Hello,

 You should also add validation settings to the grid specifying which commands you want to validate:

<ValidationSettings CommandsToValidate="PerformInsert,Update" />

as shown in this demo. 

Regards,
Marin
the Telerik team