Well, true, but you have to assume that people are capable of typing dates in any "normal" date format. If they type "403" for a date, they should be slapped silly, the shown an error message.
I assumed "any number of formats" meant reasonable dates syntaxes. If it were me, I would use qForms API to mask the field using javascript, then I would use isDate() to ensure it doesn't get through to the app server. -----Original Message----- From: Ken Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 6:13 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Validation of Date on Form depending on how you're handling the data, isDate can give you some funkiness. There are a lot of values which are considered "valid date objects" which don't fit your actual needs for a date. I'd go with Bob's suggestion of a regex. eg. #isdate("403")# -- NO #isdate("4/03")# -- YES #isdate("4-03")# -- YES #isdate("4.03")# -- YES #isdate("1030")# -- NO Dawson, Michael wrote: >How about isDate()? > >-----Original Message----- >From: Bob Clingan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 11:12 AM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: Validation of Date on Form > >You will to write regular expressions to check for those types of dates >you want to allow. Don't forget about sanity checks like 31st in a >month with 30 days and leap year. > > > >>I've got a number of forms in an administration area that will accept >>a >> >> > > > >>date in any number of formats >> >>mm/dd/yyyy >>mm/dd/yy >>July 4, 2005 >> >>...and so on... >> >>I need a way to validate this field so if somebody types something >>other than an accepted date (like "Bob") they get an alert saying >>"Please format your date like XXXXX". >> >>Looks pretty easy with CF 7, but their host ain't running CF 7. >> >>Suggestions? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:211302 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
