ASP.NET MVC 3 and the jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js won't respect culture format

ASP.NET MVC 3 and the jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js won't respect culture format by toebens2

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Type:	Bug
ID:	645066
Opened:	2/18/2011 2:13:40 AM
Access Restriction:	Public

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hello,
there seems to be a bug with MVC 3 and the jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js:

I'm developing a german asp.net mvc 3 website and have included the jquery script:
-jquery-1.4.4.min.js
-jquery.validate.min.js
-jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js
in this order.

the web.config has add key="UnobtrusiveJavaScriptEnabled" value="true" (as well as globalization culture="de-DE" uiCulture="de-DE")

if i enter some german formated number like "1,2" into a textbox for a model property (of type double) i get a validation error: "The field THENAMEOFPROPERTY must be a number." ("1.2" is working)

if i disable UnobtrusiveJavaScriptEnabled by setting key="UnobtrusiveJavaScriptEnabled" value="false" in web.config there is no validation error and it is working correctly.

i also tried using the jquery globalization plugin but the jquery validation plugin doesn't seem to use it (please also have a look at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4472821/asp-net-mvc-3-rc-2-client-side-validation-with-globalization too)

thanks, toebens

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Visual Studio 2010

Internationalization

Creating a new asp.net mvc 3 project via the vs2010 template and see my description above

English

Windows 7

English

gives validation error for entered german formated number "1,2": "The field THENAMEOFPROPERTY must be a number."

"1.2" is passing validation

no validation error for german formated number "1,2"

but validation error for non-german formated number "1.2"

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Hi everyone,

While ASP.NET MVC doesn't use the jQuery Validate globalization features out of the box, it's quite easy to add the functionality to the sites and apps that you're building.

One of our documentation writers, Rick Anderson, wrote a blog post on how to get this all working:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rickandy/archive/2011/02/17/using-mvc-3-with-non-english-locales.aspx
Some of the content is also on MSDN:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg674880(v=vs.98).aspx
And our prolific blogger Scott Hanselman wrote an article recently as well:
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/GlobalizationInternationalizationAndLocalizationInASPNETMVC3JavaScriptAndJQueryPart1.aspx

We're also looking to make this work better out of the box, but for now these easy solutions should get you started.

Thanks,
The ASP.NET Team