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I am having some trouble understanding what the ASP.NET validation controls actually do.<br />
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Do they validate on the client, the server, or both?<br />
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I understand the customvalidator has an event called onServerValidate which can be used to trigger server validation. &nbsp;<br />
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But what about the requiredfieldvalidator, rangevalidator, etc, etc. &nbsp;There is a setting that says EnableClientScript. &nbsp;I have set this to false and have mixed results. &nbsp;In some cases the validation doesn't work anymore and in other cases it works fine. &nbsp;<br />
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I don't know if I should be creating client and server side validation routines. &nbsp;If so, how do I do both at the same time?
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I am having some trouble understanding what the ASP.NET validation controls actually do.

Do they validate on the client, the server, or both?

I understand the customvalidator has an event called onServerValidate which can be used to trigger server validation.  

But what about the requiredfieldvalidator, rangevalidator, etc, etc.  There is a setting that says EnableClientScript.  I have set this to false and have mixed results.  In some cases the validation doesn't work anymore and in other cases it works fine.  

I don't know if I should be creating client and server side validation routines.  If so, how do I do both at the same time?

ASP.NET VALIDATION (Client verse Server)

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