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title: "Validation summary not showing"  
description: "Validation summary not showing"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2014-09-02  
updated: 2014-09-03  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/2239/validation-summary-not-showing  
category: "asp.net"  
tags: ["asp.net"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Validation summary not showing

Why my [validation](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12234/validation-using-data-annotation-using-entity-framework) [summary](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33860/how-to-calculate-column-summary-in-sql-server) not show after i click ligin [button](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/63/how-to-add-button-in-datagridview-in-csharp-dot-net) in my [login control](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/627/login-control-in-asp-dot-net). It supposed to show an [error message](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/23174/error-message-the-page-you-are-requesting-cannot-be-served-because-of-the-extension-configuration) if i leave it blank in [username](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/12798/there-is-no-viewdata-item-of-type-ienumerable-selectlistitem-that-has-the-key-username) n [password](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/118/retriving-user-password-by-using-stored-procedure-in-asp-dot-net) box [right](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12766/check-whether-you-are-doing-digital-transformation-right-or-not)? Can you guys tell me what should i do?

```
   <asp:Login ID="Login1" runat="server" BackColor="#F7F7DE" BorderColor="#CCCC99"                            BorderStyle="Solid" BorderWidth="1px" Font-Names="Verdana" Font-Size="10pt">                            <TitleTextStyle BackColor="#6B696B" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="#FFFFFF" />                        </asp:Login>                    </p>                   <asp:ValidationSummary ID="ValidationSummary1" runat="server"    ValidationGroup="Login1" />
```

## Replies

### Reply by Sumit Kesarwani

Hi Jay, \
try this:\

ValidationGroup="Login1"

must be specified on each validator & [login](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12852/styles-login-form-in-android) button control.


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