C# .NET MVC3 ModelState.IsValid

Question

Im using JSON to post data from a form and ModelState.isValid() returning false, i put a WriteLine for all incoming data and everything looks fine data wise, is there a way to d

Answer 1

To get a list of errors in the model state:

var errors = ModelState
    .Where(x => x.Value.Errors.Count > 0)
    .Select(x => new { x.Key, x.Value.Errors })
    .ToArray();

Then put a break point on this line and inspect the errors variable. It will give you a list of properties on your model with their respective errors.

Answer 2

SO Post

Building on @Darin's answer the post linked above provides the code needed to display the 'why' message.

 foreach (var obj in ModelState.Values)
            {
                foreach (var error in obj.Errors)
                {
                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(error.ErrorMessage))
                        System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("ERROR WHY = " + error.ErrorMessage);
                }
            } 

Answer 3

You can find the errors in the ModelState.Values collection. Every value has an Errors collection that contains all the model errors for that property.

var errors = from v in ModelState.Values 
             where v.Errors.Count > 0 
             select v.Errors;