ASP.Net MVC DropDown validation error even though not enabled

Question

I have a property called Campus2Id that being rendered as a dropdown using the built-in HtmlHelper in Razor. By default, unobstrusive and jquery validate is enabled.

When I do a form submit, somehow the ModelState shows that there is an error for that property; however, I did not add any validation attribute like Required to that property.

Is there a reason why Mvc marks this property having a validation error?

Model

[Display(Name = "Campus")]
public Int32 Campus2Id { get; set; }

View

<div class="form-group">
    @Html.LabelFor(model => model.Campus2Id, new { @class = "sr-only" })
    @Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.Campus2Id, new SelectList(Model.Campuses, "Id", "ShortName"), Model.CampusesLabel, new { @class = "form-control" })
    @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Campus2Id)
</div>

The error seems to be that the required validation is getting triggered on the Campus2Id field even though I did not specify [Required] attribute.

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It would be helpful too see the error you are referring too. — Erik Philips
– Erik Philips, Commented Aug 13, 2014 at 19:16

Craig Fetherling · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-13 20:40:44Z

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I would suggest making the Campus2Id nullable.

That should resolve the validation error.

answered Aug 13, 2014 at 20:40

Craig Fetherling

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Abe Over a year ago

Thanks, making the field nullable (int?) fixed the problem.

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