Is it possible to toggle Validation Data Annotations on/off in MVC 3?

Question

I have two separate VIEWS accessing the same MODEL. When I put the validator data annotations on the model, it works as advertised and prevents the data from being submitte

Answer 1

I too would suggest using a different view model object. This article has a nice example of how to implement it cleanly http://lostechies.com/jimmybogard/2009/06/30/how-we-do-mvc-view-models/

Alternatively, you could simply not call ModelState.IsValid on the controller.