why not server side? with ActionForm and validate? jsp: ===== <form:form action="chart.do" method="get" > <tr> <td colspan="2"><font color="red"><html:errors property="datumFrom" /></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Datum von: </td> <td><form:text property="from" size="15"/></td> <tr> ... the form bean: ===== public ActionErrors validate(ActionMapping mapping, HttpServletRequest request) { ActionErrors errors = new ActionErrors(); if (from == null || from.length() == 0 || blabla = blubb) { errors.add("datumFrom", new ActionError("error.filter.datum")); } return errors; } and the struts config: ==================== <action path="/chart" type="di.workerClient.action.ActionFilter" name="filter" scope="request" ==> when failure return to form : input="/cstree/content.jsp" <== validate="true" > <forward name="view" path="/cstree/chartcontent.jsp" /> <forward name="fehler" path="/cstree/content.jsp" /> </action> juraj -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Julia Yang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet: Montag, 10. September 2001 19:33 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Example to use javascript to validate field input in JSP not null and be integer ? All Does anybody can give me a small Example or explanation on how to use javascript to validate field input in JSP not null and be integer ? Thanks Julia