Do you use field and list item validation (in 2010)

Updated by Brady Stroud [SSW] 1 year ago. See history

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class CreateShoppingListHandler : SPItemEventReceiver
{
public override void ItemAdding(SPItemEventProperties properties)
{
float price = 0;
float cost = 0;
if(float.TryParse(properties.ListItem.Fields["Price"].ToString(), out price) && float.TryParse(properties.ListItem.Fields["Cost"].ToString(), out cost))
{
if(price < cost)
{
properties.ErrorMessage = "The cost must not be less than the price";
properties.Cancel = true;
}
}
}
}

Bad example: using custom code – creating a custom event receiver on the item (the item adding event or item updating event)

✅ Figure: ![Good example: using no code – just using the field validation on a list. A demo of this from Andrew Connell on http://channel9.msdn.com/learn/courses/SharePoint2010Developer/ListsAndSchemas/FieldandListItemValidation/](/uploads/rules/do-you-use-field-and-list-item-validation-in-2010/ListValidation.jpg)

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