Check out the "requiredif" validator, you can use it with the NULL condition to require one field if the other one is null.
James > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 9:27 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: 1.1-rc1 and Validator > > > I have just recently begun to utilize the validator in our > application and had I simple question that I could not find > an answer to searching the archives. I have a search form > that a user can enter in 1..n criteria for searching. In a > simple case there are two input fields. The validation should > ensure that at least one of the fields are populated prior to > submitting the form. How would I configure my validation.xml > for this case? I currently have the following: > > <form name="TestSearchForm"> > <field > property="someCriteria" > depends="required,minlength"> > <msg name="required" key="errors.required"/> > <arg0 key="searchForm.someCriteria"/> > <arg1 name="minlength" key="${var:minlength}" > resource="false"/> > > <var> > <var-name>minlength</var-name> > <var-value>5</var-value> > </var> > </field> > <field property="otherCriteria" > depends="required"> > <msg name="required" key="errors.required"/> > <arg0 key="searchForm.otherCriteria"/> > </field> > </form> > > Which works exactly as you would expect requiring that both > fields are populated. Thanks. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
