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ValidationCompareOperator Enumeration

.NET Framework 4

Specifies the validation comparison operators used by the CompareValidator control.

Namespace:  System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
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public enum ValidationCompareOperator
Member name Description
Equal A comparison for equality.
NotEqual A comparison for inequality.
GreaterThan A comparison for greater than.
GreaterThanEqual A comparison for greater than or equal to.
LessThan A comparison for less than.
LessThanEqual A comparison for less than or equal to.
DataTypeCheck A comparison for data type only.

The ValidationCompareOperator enumeration represents the comparison operations that can be performed by the CompareValidator control.

Note Note

Unlike the other operators, DataTypeCheck is a unary operation. Only the data type of the input control being validated is checked. If the ControlToCompare or ValueToCompare properties are set when this operation is used, those values are not checked.
Security note Security Note

This example has a text box that accepts user input, which is a potential security threat. By default, ASP.NET Web pages validate that user input does not include script or HTML elements. For more information, see Script Exploits Overview.
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<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
    <title>CompareValidator Example</title>
<script runat="server">

      void Button_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) 
      {

         if (Page.IsValid) 
         {
            lblOutput.Text = "Result: Valid!";
         }
         else 
         {
            lblOutput.Text = "Result: Not valid!";
         }

      }

      void Operator_Index_Changed(Object sender, EventArgs e) 
      {

         Compare1.Operator = (ValidationCompareOperator) ListOperator.SelectedIndex;
         Compare1.Validate();

      }

      void Type_Index_Changed(Object sender, EventArgs e) 
      {

         Compare1.Type = (ValidationDataType) ListType.SelectedIndex;
         Compare1.Validate();

      }

   </script>

</head>
<body>

   <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>CompareValidator Example</h3>
      <br />
      Enter a value in each textbox. Select a comparison operator<br />
      and data type. Click "Validate" to compare values.

      <table style="background-color:#eeeeee; padding:10">

         <tr valign="top">

            <td>

               <h5>String 1:</h5>
               <asp:TextBox id="TextBox1" 
                    runat="server"/>

            </td>

            <td>

               <h5>Comparison Operator:</h5>

               <asp:ListBox id="ListOperator" 
                    OnSelectedIndexChanged="Operator_Index_Changed" 
                    runat="server">

                  <asp:ListItem Selected="True" Value="Equal">Equal</asp:ListItem>
                  <asp:ListItem Value="NotEqual">NotEqual</asp:ListItem>
                  <asp:ListItem Value="GreaterThan">GreaterThan</asp:ListItem>
                  <asp:ListItem Value="GreaterThanEqual">GreaterThanEqual</asp:ListItem>
                  <asp:ListItem Value="LessThan">LessThan</asp:ListItem>
                  <asp:ListItem Value="LessThanEqual">LessThanEqual</asp:ListItem>
                  <asp:ListItem Value="DataTypeCheck">DataTypeCheck</asp:ListItem>

               </asp:ListBox>

            </td>

            <td>

               <h5>String 2:</h5>
               <asp:TextBox id="TextBox2" 
                    runat="server"/>
               <br />
               <asp:Button id="Button1"
                    Text="Validate"  
                    OnClick="Button_Click" 
                    runat="server"/>

            </td>
         </tr>

         <tr>
            <td colspan="3" align="center">

               <h5>Data Type:</h5>

               <asp:ListBox id="ListType" 
                    OnSelectedIndexChanged="Type_Index_Changed" 
                    runat="server">

                  <asp:ListItem Selected="true" Value="String" >String</asp:ListItem>
                  <asp:ListItem Value="Integer" >Integer</asp:ListItem>
                  <asp:ListItem Value="Double" >Double</asp:ListItem>
                  <asp:ListItem Value="Date" >Date</asp:ListItem>
                  <asp:ListItem Value="Currency" >Currency</asp:ListItem>

               </asp:ListBox>
            </td>
         </tr>
      </table>

      <asp:CompareValidator id="Compare1" 
           ControlToValidate="TextBox1" 
           ControlToCompare="TextBox2"
           EnableClientScript="False" 
           Type="String" 
           runat="server"/>

      <br />

      <asp:Label id="lblOutput" 
           Font-Names="verdana" 
           Font-Size="10pt" 
           runat="server"/>

   </form>

</body>
</html>

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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