Just force them to enter a date correctly.
-----Original Message----- From: Ken Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 July 2005 14:01 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Validation of Date on Form I most certainly agree with slapping people silly when they can't even enter a date properly. I just thought I'd mention it in case the OP needed to be sure of what he was getting. --Ferg Dawson, Michael wrote: >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? >>> >>> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:211312 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=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
