Wendy One vote for three pre-populated boxes. Saves on validation that way :)
Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wendy Smoak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Struts Users Mailing List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 3:18 PM Subject: Dates & validation > > Do most people allow users to type in a complete free-form text date? Or do > you give them three boxes where they must put in month day and year > separately? > > I'm trying to come to terms with validation. I can't turn on the automatic > validation <action validate="true" ... > because the users are allowed to > leave the form before it's complete and come back to it. Will I still be > able to use the plug-in Validator? (All the actions in the struts-validator > example have 'validate' this turned on. :( > > I have the DAO layer that takes an internal format date (# of days since > 1960-something) to my Value Object which now has a java.sql.Date: > contactVO.setActualDate( java.sql.Date.valueOf( uSession.oconv( > udArray.extract( 16 ), "D4-YMD" ).toString() ) ); > > But here's where I get lost. In order to copy the properties back and forth > from Value Object to ActionForm, the types have to match. (Don't they?) But > if I put a java.sql.Date into my ActionForm, then it will blow up when the > user types 7/13/1985 rather than 1985-07-13 and submits the form. > > So, I need a String property in the ActionForm, and ... some special > something that turns it into a java.sql.Date but will not blow up if the > input is wrong? > > I'm going in circles. Any advice is appreciated! (Should I not be using > java.sql.date?) I did search for 'struts date validation' with Google, but > didn't find an answer. > > -- > Wendy Smoak > Applications Systems Analyst, Sr. > Arizona State University PA Information Resources Management > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:struts-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:struts-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
