Multiple fields validation using Remote Validation

Question

I have the following model:

public class Customer
{
    public string FirstName {get;set;}

    public string LastName {get; set;}

    [Remote(\"CardExistin         


        

Answer 1

if you don't like to create client scripts:

    public class Customer
    {
        [Remote("CardExisting", "Validation", AdditionalFields = "CardNumber,LastName")]
        public string FirstName { get; set; }
        [Remote("CardExisting", "Validation", AdditionalFields = "FirstName,CardNumber")]
        public string LastName { get; set; }
        [Remote("CardExisting", "Validation", AdditionalFields = "FirstName,LastName")]
        public string CardNumber { get; set; }
    }

And validate in CardExisting all fields are filled or not

Answer 2

The way I have got this working is by adding some JavaScript.

$("#FirstName").change(function () {
  $('#CardNumber').removeData('previousValue');
  $('#CardNumber').valid();
});

So when the first name is changed you clear any previous values from the card number and re-validate the card number.

Answer 3

Expanding on Jaluka's answer, I wrote this helper method that finds each remotely validating element that has "additional fields," and then causes validation on said element to fire each time one of those fields changes.

// I hate naming things
function initializeRemotelyValidatingElementsWithAdditionalFields($form) {
    var remotelyValidatingElements = $form.find("[data-val-remote]");

    $.each(remotelyValidatingElements, function (i, element) {
        var $element = $(element);

        var additionalFields = $element.attr("data-val-remote-additionalfields");

        if (additionalFields.length == 0) return;

        var rawFieldNames = additionalFields.split(",");

        var fieldNames = $.map(rawFieldNames, function (fieldName) { return fieldName.replace("*.", ""); });

        $.each(fieldNames, function (i, fieldName) {
            $form.find("#" + fieldName).change(function () {
                // force re-validation to occur
                $element.removeData("previousValue");
                $element.valid();
            });
        });
    });
}

Call the function like so:

$(document).ready(function() {
    initializeRemotelyValidatingElementsWithAdditionalFields($("#myFormId"));
});

Answer 4

Following on from Chris's helper method above. This works great in most instances, but if your model has a prefix at all e.g. 'Custom.Address.Line1' . The additional fields are not found correctly. I have updated the helper with some additional logic from the jquery.validate.unobstructive lib which will lookup the fields correctly.

function getModelPrefix(fieldName) {
    return fieldName.substr(0, fieldName.lastIndexOf(".") + 1);
}

function appendModelPrefix(value, prefix) {
    if (value.indexOf("*.") === 0) {
        value = value.replace("*.", prefix);
    }
    return value;
}

function escapeAttributeValue(value) {
    // As mentioned on http://api.jquery.com/category/selectors/
    return value.replace(/([!"#$%&'()*+,./:;<=>?@\[\\\]^`{|}~])/g, "\\$1");
}

function initializeRemotelyValidatingElementsWithAdditionalFields($form) {
    const remotelyValidatingElements = $form.find("[data-val-remote]");

    $.each(remotelyValidatingElements, function (i, element) {
        var $element = $(element);

        const additionalFields = $element.attr("data-val-remote-additionalfields");

        if (additionalFields.length === 0) return;

        const rawFieldNames = additionalFields.split(",");
        const prefix = getModelPrefix(element.name);

        const fieldNames = $.map(rawFieldNames, function(fieldName) {
            return appendModelPrefix(fieldName, prefix);
        });

        $.each(fieldNames, function (i, fieldName) {
            $form.find(":input").filter("[name='" + escapeAttributeValue(fieldName) + "']").change(function () {
                // force re-validation to occur
                $element.removeData("previousValue");
                $element.valid();
            });
        });
    });
}