MVC 3 jQuery Validation/globalizing of number/decimal field

Solution 1:

You could try the jQuery Globalization plugin from Microsoft:

<script src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery.validate.js")" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js")" type="text/javascript"></script>

<script src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery.glob.js")" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/globinfo/jquery.glob.da-dk.js")" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
    $.validator.methods.number = function (value, element) {
        return !isNaN($.parseFloat(value));
    }

    $(function () {
        $.preferCulture('da-DK');
    });
</script>

Plugin was renamed and moved, you should use Globalize (Mar 2012)

<script src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery.globalize/globalize.js")" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery.globalize/cultures/globalize.culture.da-DK.js")" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
    $.validator.methods.number = function (value, element) {
        return !isNaN(Globalize.parseFloat(value));
    }

    $(document).ready(function () {
        Globalize.culture('da-DK');
    });
</script>

more about this on Scott Hanselman blog post

Solution 2:

Updated script for current version of https://github.com/jquery/globalize with optional elements support

$.validator.methods.number = function (value, element) {
   return this.optional(element) || !isNaN(Globalize.parseFloat(value));
}

$(function () {
    Globalize.culture('%%culture%%');
});

Solution 3:

@shatl has the right answer as of today. Note for the range attribute you'll need a hack shown below. The complete code to add is shown below:

@section Scripts {
    @Scripts.Render("~/bundles/jqueryval")
    <script type="text/javascript" src="~/Scripts/globalize.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="~/Scripts/globalize.culture.fr-FR.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $.validator.methods.number = function (value, element) {
            return this.optional(element) ||
                !isNaN(Globalize.parseFloat(value));
        }
        $(document).ready(function () {
            Globalize.culture('fr-FR');
        });

        jQuery.extend(jQuery.validator.methods, {    
            range: function (value, element, param) {        
                //Use the Globalization plugin to parse the value        
                var val = $.global.parseFloat(value);
                return this.optional(element) || (
                    val >= param[0] && val <= param[1]);
            }
        });
    </script>
}

Solution 4:

I ended up following the advice in Scott Hanselman's blog on this topic - you can read about this here:

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/GlobalizationInternationalizationAndLocalizationInASPNETMVC3JavaScriptAndJQueryPart1.aspx

I had to make some changes to use Globalize instead of jQuery Global (now jQuery Global is dead). I wrote this up in the following blog post in case that's helpful:

http://icanmakethiswork.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/globalize-and-jquery-validate.html

Solution 5:

Just for future reference, what worked for me was the following:

Remember to set the proper jQuery version, and the correct culture, which in this example is danish.
If there can be no periods in the value then uncomment the comment.

<script src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery-1.5.1.min.js")"
    type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery.validate.min.js")"
    type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js")"
    type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery.globalize/globalize.js")"
    type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery.globalize/cultures/globalize.culture.da-DK.js")"
    type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
        $.validator.methods.number = function (value, element) {
            // if (value.indexOf(".") >= 0) {
            //     return false;
            // }
            return (Globalize.parseFloat(value));
        }

        $(document).ready(function () {
            Globalize.culture('da-DK');
        });

        jQuery.extend(jQuery.validator.methods, {
            range: function (value, element, param) {
                //Use the Globalization plugin to parse the value
                var val = Globalize.parseFloat(value);
                return this.optional(element) || (val >= param[0] && val <= param[1]);
            }
        });
</script>