> One of our developers here just encountered a situation > today where he was using "_date" in a text field name > but had no hidden fields as mentioned that you would > expect to trigger the server-side validation. Nontheless, > the error message was thrown suggesting server-side > validation had taken place. > > I've not had time to dig into the issue yet but something > odd is definitely happening.
That's not odd - it's expected behavior. It doesn't matter whether you use it in a hidden field or any other field. From the server's perspective, there's no difference - it just gets a bunch of form fields back, and can't tell how they were defined in the original HTML form. In fact, you could have the "_date" field in your form without having any other field, and CF will still treat it as a validation rule. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
