Has anyone found a replacement for client side validation that is even close to CFform in terms of comprehensiveness of data types it validates against? CFForm is pretty freakin exhaustive.
I looked in earnest (within the last year or two) to find a replacement and have not seen anything that would come close to the completeness of datatypes it validates against. Any suggestions for a client side validation replacement? I am not a particularly big fan of pop up boxes nor CFForm itself, but it *is* a huge time saver in a crunch time. G! On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Russ Michaels <[email protected]> wrote: > > just to break it down a bit further. > > People that know JS and use Jquery a lot generally wont bother using > CFFOREM and CF's built in ajax stuff as they know they can do it much > better themselves. > The stuff built into CF is great for quick and dirty solutions if your a > beginner or want to knock something out quick and not too concerned about > how its done. > There are however some plusses and minuses on each side. > The code CF generates to do cf form validation for example is rather > clunky and repetitive (not good code reuse), however it is only generating > the code you need so in the grand scale, quite small, but does rely on > the existence of the CFIDE folder. > Using JQuery or similar would result in better code, and you could have the > same set of code handle server side validation and client side (via ajax) > and you don;t rely on CF or the CFIDE, but there will be much more code as > you have the JQuery library to include for a start, so this may be overkill > if your needs are simply and add unnecessary bloat and loading time to your > page. > > A lot of people STILL do not even consider server side validation, which > allows haxors to bypass all your client side validation by disabling JS and > potentially hacking your forms, injecting malware/phishing code, > XSS attacks etc. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:354509 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
