Validate Template columns with RegularExpressionValidator.

Environment

Product

Telerik WebForms Grid for ASP.NET AJAX

Description

Sometimes, one might want to validate certain text fields to check if proper values have been typed (email, phone number, etc), while editing.

Solution

To do so, add a RegularExpressionValidator inside the EditItemTemplate of the GridTemplateColumn

<Columns>
    <telerik:GridTemplateColumn HeaderText="Email" SortExpression="Email" UniqueName="Email">
        <EditItemTemplate>
            <telerik:RadTextBox ID="editTextBox" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Email") %>' />
            <asp:RegularExpressionValidator ID="emailValidator2" runat="server" Display="Static" ControlToValidate="editTextBox" CssClass="textColor"
                ErrorMessage="Please, enter valid e-mail address." ValidationExpression="^[\w\.\-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+(\.[a-zA-Z0-9\-]{1,})*(\.[a-zA-Z]{2,3}){1,2}$">
            </asp:RegularExpressionValidator>
        </EditItemTemplate>
        <ItemTemplate>
            <telerik:RadLabel ID="txtBox" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Email") %>' />
        </ItemTemplate>
    </telerik:GridTemplateColumn>
</Columns>

<style>
    .textColor {
        color: red;
    }
</style>