Re: What is the best way to get a Date

[Zvika Markfeld]

you would normally be right, of course, but since the Matthias mentioned no js is allowed, it inevitably means that when selecting a month, the day list cannot get updated to show 28, 29, 30 or 31 days unless initiating an in-between submit - which is a hassle for the user, besides for being a pain in the a--e for the developer (speaking for myself, of course). In this case I would skip the entire headache and check the date correctness upon submit. Sometimes it is okay to "educate" your users to enter the data correctly, especially when it is something as common as date entry, and provided that you provide an understandable error message (as opposed to a NullPointerException or ParseException followed by a stack trace...).   zm.   -----Original Message----- From: A mailing list for discussion about Sun Microsystem's Java Servlet API Technology. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lambert Behnke Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 3:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: What is the best way to get a Date I don't know whether it is the best way,   but you could use 3 separate option or textboxes for days month and years or allow users to input it into one big one in a specified format ... but that opens a whole can of worms if they don't get the format right.   If you use 3 boxes than parsing it is a lot easier and safer   Hope that helps,      Lambert >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/22/02 01:01pm >>> from a formular? Is there a way to set the inputtype of a formular to date? There is no Javascript. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- Hanel Matthias Fachinformatiker (Anwendungsentwicklung) in Ausbildung Logistik World GmbH     Fon:    +49-841-9014-300 Marie-Curie-Strasse 6   Fax:    +49-841-9014-302 D- 85055 Ingolstadt     mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html *********************************************************************** This transmission contains information which may be confidential and which may also be privileged. It is intended for the named addressee only. Unless you are the named addressee, or authorised to receive it on behalf of the addressee you may not copy or use it, or disclose it to anyone else. If you have received this transmission in error please contact the sender. Thank you for your cooperation. *********************************************************************** For more information about AEA Technology please visit our website at http://www.aeat.co.uk AEA Technology plc registered office 329 Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QJ. Registered in England and Wales, number 3095862.