jquery remote validation does not trigger in asp .net mvc 3

Question

i have below form

 @using (Html.BeginForm("register", "users"))
{
<p>
    First Name
</p>
<div>
    @Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.FirstName)
    @Html.ValidationMessageFor(x => x.FirstName)
</div>
</div>
<div class="input_block">
    <p>
        Last Name <span class="required">*</span></p>
    <div>
        @Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.LastName)
        @Html.ValidationMessageFor(x => x.LastName)
    </div>
</div>
<div class="input_block">
    <p>
        CV <span class="required">&nbsp;</span></p>
    <input type="file" name="Cv" class="w_265" data-val-remote="&amp;#39;Cv&amp;#39; is invalid."
        data-val-remote-additionalfields="*.Cv" data-val-remote-url="/Validation/IsUID_Available" />
</div>

}

in the above form all fields other than "CV" field uses "asp .net mvc3 Unobtrusive JavaScript validation for client side validation"

for "Cv" i manually gave the validation attributes (data-val-remote,data-val-remote-url,data-val-remote-additionalfields)

so that the remote validation happens for "Cv", but when i submit the form all the fields are validated except "Cv" field, i mean client side validation is not triggered for "Cv" field.

i am using fluent validation for server side validation

please help me

Thanks

@Furqan He doesn't have to, he did it manually with the data-val-remote attributes. — MHollis
I am curious why you manually wrote the unobtrusive attributes. Why not use the built-in stuff? — Andy_Vulhop

MHollis MHollis · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-29T15:01:36

It appears you forgot the data-val="true" attribute in your input type="file" tag. data-val="true" is required for the unobtrusive validation script to even look at the other attributes. Without it the script completely ignores the input.

jquery remote validation does not trigger in asp .net mvc 3

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