<cftry>
<cfset yourDate = createDate(your dropdown values here, ie year month day)>
<cfif isDate(yourDate)>
yep
<cfelse>
nope
</cfif>
<cfcatch>nope</cfcatch>
</cftry>

Taco Fleur
0421 851 786
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf 
> Of Michael Kear
> Sent: Friday, 5 December 2003 8:18 PM
> To: CFAussie Mailing List
> Subject: [cfaussie] Easy validation of dates?
> 
> 
> I have a form where users enter dates by selecting from 
> drop-down menus for date, month and year.��Is there a simple 
> way to check they have entered a valid date rather than a 
> laborious checking for leap year, if the month is april and 
> date greater than 30 etc etc etc? 
> 
> I get errors if they choose 31 September or 30 February etc 
> as you'd expect but I'd rather handle the error gracefully 
> than just display a nasty database error. 
> 
> Cheers,
> Michael Kear
> Windsor, NSW, Australia
> AFP Webworks.
>  
> 
> 
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