As much as I was trying to avoid it, I ended up just setting dummy values on the client side, which the domain service overwrites.
On 2 March 2012 12:37, Stephen Price <step...@perthprojects.com> wrote: > Try [DisplayFormat(ConvertEmptyStringToNull = false)] > > This post isn't exactly your scenario but it could be related to the > strings you have (nvarchar) and they might be defaulting to null? > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3129080/server-side-validation-of-a-required-string-property-in-mvc2-entity-framework-4 > > > worth a try anyway :) > > the other way is to just set it on the client and then ignore what the > client provides. > > > On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 9:18 AM, David Burela <david.bur...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > I've got a weird problem. > > > > There are tables in a database with these additional columns > "CreatedById", "ModifiedById". (They are nvarchar, not null) > > There is then an entity framework model for this (again, strings, not > null). > > RIA services is used to share the entities with the client. > > > > The problem is in Silverlight side. If I create a new Product class, > display it in a Dataform to allow the user to edit price, etc. I can't > submit product to the domain service because validation fails "CreatedById > can not be null". It makes no sense to set those values on the client side > as they could spoof those files. I have logic on the domain service side > that looks at the current authenticated user and automatically sets those > fields. > > > > But I can't submit them because validation keeps failing on those 2 > fields. > > Is there a [NotRequired] property I could put on the domain service > metadata file? > > -David Burela > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ozsilverlight mailing list > > ozsilverlight@ozsilverlight.com > > http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozsilverlight > > > > _______________________________________________ > ozsilverlight mailing list > ozsilverlight@ozsilverlight.com > http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozsilverlight > >
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