How To See Validation Errors Details in MVC

GetRealErrors.cs

 // Get the Real error off the ModelState
var errors = GetRealErrors(ModelState);

private IEnumerable<ModelError> GetRealErrors(IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, ModelState>> modelStateDictionary)
{
  var errorMessages = new List<ModelError>();
  foreach (var keyValuePair in modelStateDictionary)
  {
    if (keyValuePair.Value.Errors.Count > 0)
    {
      errorMessages.AddRange(keyValuePair.Value.Errors.Where(error => !error.ErrorMessage.Contains("Info")));
    }
  }
  return errorMessages;
}

Validation_Error.md

How To See Validation Errors Details in MVC

• While you are in debug mode within the catch {...} block open up the "QuickWatch" window (ctrl+alt+q) and paste in there:
• This will allow you to drill down into the ValidationErrors tree. It's the easiest way I've found to get instant insight into these errors.