It is much more efficient to do that type of validation client-side, using
Javascript. No
sense in making another round trip to the server if not necessary.
True.. but this only works if your visitor has javascript enabled.. the
biggest avantage in serverside scripting IMHO is you can forse
Do both, javascript and server side validation.
Javascript can cut down on unnessary page refreshes.
Serverside is the only way to guarentee the results, because of the reasons
outlined here.
Yes, it's more work, but it will provide a better experience for the end
surfer. No?
-Joe
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Hello,
"Julio Cuz, Jr." wrote:
Hi--
I have a form that cannot have a specific field blank, so I would like to
add a message box saying "fill out the x field," is there a way to do this
WITHOUT having to refresh the page?
Maybe you would like to try this PHP form generation and
Julio,
It is much more efficient to do that type of validation client-side, using
Javascript. No
sense in making another round trip to the server if not necessary.
Here is a quicke example:
if (document.autoform.txtVehicleNumber.value == ""){
document.autoform.txtVehicleNumber.focus()
