How to Exclude a Required Field from ModelState in MVC

Question

I am working on an MVC solutions and I want to exclude a Required Field from ModelState Validation, Even When It's Required in the Database, How can I do that in MVC?

Answer 1

Exclude a Required Field from ModelState Validation in MVC

To Exclude a Required Field from ModelState Validation, Even When It's Required in the Database , you should follow the below steps in details:

1. It's necessary to remove the property from the model :

    ModelState.Remove("PropertyName")
   

2. It's advisable to assign a default value to this property , In the example below, I use an empty string "" for string property

    model.ProperityName = ""