Asp.net MVC 3 RC – Razor ValidationMessageFor CustomMessage and ClientSideValidation Problem-Collection of common programming errors

ASP.Net MVC 3 RC, Razor

Experiencing some unexpected behavior when I try to use a custom message and using client side validation. The problem is it always displays the custom message even though there is no error.

So say I have a Client Model where the FirstName is set as Required. If I have the following code the validation message is not displayed until I click on Submit which works as expected.

@Html.EditorFor(model => model.Client.FirstName) @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Client.FirstName)

But now say I want to customize the validation message to use an asterisk like so:

@Html.EditorFor(model => model.Client.FirstName) @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Client.FirstName, "*")

Now even before I click on the submit button, there is always an asterisk next to the field.

The expected behavior is that it would show the asterisk when there is a validation error.

Thanks for any help.