The first one would work (_required), but as far as I know there is now
embedded form validation for email addresses.
Does anyone else have different info on that?
Douglas Malcolm
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> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 12:38 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: Simple validation
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> May i use it for validation of ...................E mail Address.
> like
> <input type="text" name="mailaddress" size="20" maxlength="50">
> <input type="hidden" name="mailaddress_required" value="Enter your last
> name.">
> <input type="hidden" name="mailaddress_email" value="Enter your
> last name."
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> doug@mediate.
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> Steven,
>
> This may help. I pasted it from a presentation I wrote to give to some
> staff programmers recently, so please excuse the semi-formal language.
>
> <snip>
> Form validation via cold fusion
>
> CF includes an easy way to validate your forms, called "Cold Fusion
> embedded
> form validation". The syntax is passed to the cf server via a
> normal-looking <input type=hidden> scheme.
>
> Suppose you have a field called Lastname. It is in your form thus:
> <input type="text" name="Lastname" size="20" maxlength="50">
>
> To make this field required, add the following hidden field:
> <input type="hidden" name="Lastname_required" value="Enter your
> last name."
> >
>
> This tells the cf engine that the field Lastname is required, and
> if a form
> is submitted without that field, the error message "Enter your last name."
> shows on the screen.
>
> There are many validation checks at your disposal. The list includes:
> _date : Checks for a date in the most common formats
> _float : Numeric data, decimal point allowed
> _integer : Numeric data, no decimal point allowed
> _range : Range of values, as in "min=5 max=10"
> _required : Field may not be left blank
> _time : Time in most common formats
>
> There is no limit to the number of validation rules you can embed in a
> form.
> Every rule must be embedded as a separate Hidden field, however. So to
> flag
> a field as both numeric and required, for example, you'd need 2 hidden
> fields.
> </snip>
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> Hope that helps,
>
> Douglas Malcolm
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven A. del Sol [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 3:04 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Simple validation
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> I am in desperate need of a simple validation of two types of form fields.
>
> 1. Date field (not a cfform just a plain form) - must validate that data
> entered is a date
>
> 2. Number field (not a cfform just a plain form) - must validate
> that data
> entered is a number
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Stephanie
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