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Validate that the default item is not selected in a DropDownList

I have a DropDownList that has the first item being "(Choose One)". I want to set up a validator to make sure that the user cannot contine with that item selected. I set up a RequiredFieldValidator with "(Choose One)" set as the InitialValue property, and that did not work. I also set up a CompareValidator to test that the value wasn't equal to "(Choose One)", but that also failed. Am I doing something incorrect?

<asp:CompareValidator
                    ID="SelecterCompareValidator"
                    runat="server"
                    ErrorMessage="Please choose an item." 
                    ControlToValidate="SelecterDownList" Display="Static" Operator="NotEqual" 
                    ValueToCompare="(Choose One)" />

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cdaly33

The RequiredFieldValidator with the InitialValue should work. Can you provide some code that isn't working?

Ajay Sharma

Can you paste your DropDownList filing code?
If it's in page_load then make sure that you are filling DropDownList into the Page.IsPostBack

Try to debug the value in the button click event and analyse the default value selected.

Visit:
http://dotnetcoderoom.blogspot.com/2008/09/using-requiredfieldvalidator-with.html

amar31282

also use this one instead of compare validator

do you have AutoPostBack = true in DDL if yes then there might be issues with that also

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The issue was I was validating for the text instead of the value. Thanks!