ASP MVC: Custom Validation Attribute

Question

I\'m trying to write my own Custom Validation attribute but I\'m having some problems.

The attribute I\'m trying to write is that when a user logs in, the password w

Answer 1

According to this link http://devtrends.co.uk/blog/the-complete-guide-to-validation-in-asp.net-mvc-3-part-1 there is an special validation attribute now in MVC3:

public class RegisterModel
{
    // skipped

    [Required]
    [ValidatePasswordLength]
    [DataType(DataType.Password)]
    [Display(Name = "Password")]
    public string Password { get; set; }                       

    [DataType(DataType.Password)]
    [Display(Name = "Confirm password")]
    [Compare("Password", ErrorMessage = "The password and confirmation do not match.")]
    public string ConfirmPassword { get; set; }
}

CompareAttribute is a new, very useful validator that is not actually part of System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations, but has been added to the System.Web.Mvc DLL by the team. Whilst not particularly well named (the only comparison it makes is to check for equality, so perhaps EqualTo would be more obvious), it is easy to see from the usage that this validator checks that the value of one property equals the value of another property. You can see from the code, that the attribute takes in a string property which is the name of the other property that you are comparing. The classic usage of this type of validator is what we are using it for here: password confirmation.