Bind CheckBox List From DataBase And Validate One Item Selection Using EntityFrameWork In Asp.Net MVC

In this article will show how you can bind the checkbox list in asp.net mvc from database and validate the bind checkbox list whether user have selected any item or not using jQuery and javascript.

Some of my previous articles are as follows:

How to Bind CheckBoxlist By Model Data and Get Selected Value In Controller in asp.net MVC , CheckBoxList Bind By Using XmlDataSource in Asp.Net, Get All Checked Checkbox Value Using jQuery in Asp.Net CheckBoxList , MultiSelect DropdownList Using jQuery in Asp.Net MVC and C#.Net , Validate Selection Of Checkbox In GirdView Using Asp.net C# and jQuery | Force User To Select One CheckBox Of GridView Before Submit in Asp.net Using javascript , Group CheckBox In C# WinForm.

So for this article first we will create a new table in which we will add some values.

After this we will create a new asp.net mvc application and add and entity file in which we will add the table object.

After this we will add a new model class file and add the below code.

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Web; namespace MVC_Demos.Models {     public class CheckBoxListModel     {         public List<StudentCheckBoxData> CheckBoxListData { get; set; }     }     public class StudentCheckBoxData     {         public int Id { get; set; }         public string Name { get; set; }     } }

After this we will add a controller class file and add the bellow code into the controller class file.

using MVC_Demos.Models; using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Web; using System.Web.Mvc; namespace MVC_Demos.Controllers {     public class CheckBoxListController : Controller     {         //         // GET: /CheckBoxList/         public ActionResult Index()         {             CheckBoxListModel _checkboxlistmodel = new CheckBoxListModel();             _checkboxlistmodel.CheckBoxListData = new List<StudentCheckBoxData>();             //Retrive data from entity table             DemoEntities _demoentities = new DemoEntities();             var data = _demoentities.StudentDetails.ToList();             //Bind data to model class             foreach (var item in data)             {                 _checkboxlistmodel.CheckBoxListData.Add(new StudentCheckBoxData { Id = item.Id, Name = item.Name });             }             return View(_checkboxlistmodel);         }     } }

In above code I have created the instance of the entity object table and assign it to the model class file.

Now we will create the view of the index action result, and add the below code.

@model MVC_Demos.Models.CheckBoxListModel @{     ViewBag.Title = "Bind CheckBox List From DataBase And Validate One Item Selection Using EntityFrameWork In Asp.Net MVC";     <script>         function ValidateCheckBox() {             var chkDetail = document.getElementsByName("checkboxlist");             var isValid = false;             for (var i = 0; i < chkDetail.length; i++) {                 if (chkDetail[i].checked) {                     isValid = true;                     break;                 }             }             if (isValid == true) {                 alert("Thank You : You have selected a CheckBox button.");                 return true;             }             else {                 alert("Error : Pleae select attlease one option");                 return false;             }         }     </script> } <h2>CheckBox List</h2> <br /> @foreach (var item in Model.CheckBoxListData) {     <input type="checkbox" id="@item.Id" value="@item.Name" name="checkboxlist" />@item.Name } <br /><br /> <input type="button" value="Submit" onclick="javascript: return ValidateCheckBox();" />

In above code I have created a javascript function. This function will validate weather the user have one item or not. Above code also shown hoe you can bind or generate the checkbox list.

Now we have done run the application to check the output.