asp.net mvc - How to format numbers in C# MVC 4 to reflect a two decimal point currency? -

so i'm having trouble view wanting more numbers behind decimal point input want need.

i using model:

public class movie {     public int id { get; set; }     public string title { get; set; }     public datetime releasedate { get; set; }     public string genre { get; set; }     [displayformat(dataformatstring = "{0:f2}", applyformatineditmode = true)]     public decimal price { get; set; } } 

this in view:

    <div class="editor-label">         @html.labelfor(model => model.price)     </div>     <div class="editor-field">         @html.editorfor(model =>  model.price)         @html.validationmessagefor(model => model.price)     </div> 

it seem adding displayformat attribute movie.price isn't enough allow users enter numbers 2,79, if try they'll validation error. input field created @html.editorfor(model => model.price) instead requires number 2,790 (notice additional 0 added behind decimal).

i've tried variety of dataformatstrings no effect, missing/not understanding?

how adjust code users able enter 2,79 valid input instead of 2,790?

the problem here server - , client-side validation scripts - parsing comma (,) not decimal separator, thousands separator. because, in default culture, decimal point .. 1234 + 56/100 "normally" represented 1,234.56 , not 1.234,56.

you need set proper culture parsing works correctly in format. either globally setting value in web.config, or manually setting thread.currentthread.currentuiculture / thread.currentthread.currentculture controller if need more fine-grained control.

this not bubble down client-side validation, need make sure write proper javascript validation rules override default ones.

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as side note, may want indicate users format expect. people other parts of world write numbers differently, , might expect things in native format. (sometimes language of page hint of expected number/date formats though.)