I am using VS 2012 RC and trying to follow the MVC4 manual here:
http://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials/mvc-4/getting-started-with-aspnet-mvc4/accessing-your-model%27s-data-from-a-controller
I get “Enter some movie information and click the Create button. And then get the error message:
"The value '9.99' is not valid for Price."
So, I suppose he needs a decimal point instead, instead try the following results instead of 9.99:
"The field Price must be a number."
Therefore, I do not know how to enter a number and perform validation checks. It seems there are several. So I entered another number 9 (without decimals or decimals) and then it works.
Then click "Change" to see if I can now change the numbers. Price is now presented as
9,00
with decimal point and date as
01.11.1989 00:00:00
The following errors appear immediately after simply copying the date and price fields to the clipboard:
The field ReleaseDate must be a date.
and
The field Price must be a number.
and again it’s impossible to save.
Thus, I think ASP.NET MVC scaffolds automatically require numbers to be formatted using the culture invariant (decimal point) and using my (German) culture, which requires a decimal point. It also requires that dates be a formatted culture, which I believe is the date format in the United States.
Then, when displaying, the current (German) culture is used by default.
Unfortunately, I use a computer with German language settings.
I would like the values to be displayed using the current culture that it is already doing. But I would also like to see validators, of whom there seem to be several, accept any valid format, or at least a format that is valid in the current culture.
What is the best solution for a real application (as opposed to a tutorial)?