Removing Required Attribute from Class but MVC3 still won't post the form without a value in the text box
asp.net-mvc, asp.net-mvc-3, componentmodel, data-annotations, required
Solution
You have two options:
- Set property as `nullable`,
- Turn off required attribute for value types (see this answer)
Problem
I have a class. At one point, I had set the properties of the class to [Required] using System.ComponentModel.... Okay, then I realized this was not needed. I have removed the required property but when I try to submit the form to an ActionResult the form does NOT post and still is trying to enforce the TextBoxFor(theModelProperty) to be populated. I have deleted the "obj" folder, the "bin" folder, and also "Cleaned" the solutions. Still NO resolution. I don't want to do a stupid workaround, I would like to do things correctly. Any idea why this occurs?