I do not want to validate required but it validated in asp.netcore ?

Question

I am using validation
.net core web
[MaxLength(50)] public string GraduateSchool { get; set; } = default!;

I do not want it be required.

but the html is :

<input type="text" class="form-control" data-val="true" data-val-maxlength="The field GraduateSchool must be a string or array type with a maximum length of '50'." data-val-maxlength-max="50" data-val-maxlength-max="50" data-val-required="The GraduateSchool field is required." id="GraduateSchool" maxlength="50" name="GraduateSchool" value="">

when I submit it will be an error.

Answer 1

Required tests that the field is not null. Your string is not nullable, so it’s required by default as a null value is not allowed. To make not required, make nullable:

[MaxLength(50)] public string? GraduateSchool { get; set; } = default!;  

See docs

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/mvc/models/validation?view=aspnetcore-6.0

Note: the browser posts no value for empty text fields.