Disable requiredfieldvalidator with javascript

Question

Firstly I have seen the other threads on this topic and I just want something cleared up that I am stuck on.

I have this textbox control and required field validator:

<td class="style1">
    <asp:TextBox runat="server" ID="txtFirstname"></asp:TextBox>
</td>
<td>
    <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="rfvFirstname" runat="server"   ControlToValidate="txtFirstname" >*</asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
</td>

And this javascript code

<script type="text/javascript">
    function chkValidators() {
        alert("enter function chkValidators");
        validatorEnable(document.getElementById('<%rfvFirstname%>'), false);
    }

This is giving me a compilation error:

Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific error details and modify your source code appropriately. 

Compiler Error Message: CS1002: ; expected

Source Error:

Line 158:            #line default
Line 159:            #line hidden
Line 160:            @__w.Write("\'), false);\r\n         }\r\n   </script>\r\n");
Line 161:        }
Line 162:        

Anyone know how to fix this?

Nick

Answer 1

Have you tried using..

    ValidatorEnable(document.getElementById('<%= rfvFirstname.ClientID %>'), false);