limiting the no. of characters entered in textbox html helper element in asp.net mvc 2.0

I am using a order form as follows, <%using (Ajax.BeginForm("AddToCart", "../ShoppingCart", null, new AjaxOptions { OnSuccess = "handleUpdate", OnBegin = "ajaxValidate" }, new { @class = "AddToCartForm" })) { %>

<%=Html.Label("Quantity")%> <%=Html.TextBoxFor(model => Model.Count)%>

<% } %> Now if i entered a large no of t-shirts like 999999999999999999999999999999999999 the Form was unresponsive.So i should limit the no of characters entered in the textbox.So please tell me how to set this limitation so as to not having integer overflow.

Thanks in advance,

And i also restrict they cannot order more th开发者_如何学Can 2*10^31-1 or 32-bit signed integers can hold.

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The best way to do this in MVC 2 is to take advantage of the inbuilt validation by using data annotations.

For the Quantity field you should use the Range annotation.

Here is a great post to walk you through it, and if you follow it to the end he covers using jquery to do the client side validation too.

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Use MaxLength="Number of characters you wish user should enter" in your code ..

as

         <%=Html.TextBoxFor(model => Model.Count, new {MaxLength="10"})%>