Perfect!  Thanks James.  That's exactly what I was looking for.

Doug

On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 14:16, James Turner wrote:
> Check out the requiredif validation.  It's even in the newbie FAQ now.
> 
> James
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Doug Bryant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 11:35 AM
> > To: Struts Users Mailing List
> > Subject: validator: how to validate if either of two fields 
> > is present andvalid
> > 
> > 
> > we have a form we are displaying to the user.  depending on 
> > the permissions the user has, they are required to either 
> > fill out a "requiredDeliveryDate" or "daysAro"
> > 
> > Depending on what permissions you have, you must fill out one 
> > or the other and you must fill in either a date or an integer 
> > value depending on the field.
> > 
> > We are currently using validator for the rest of the app (1.1 rc1).
> > 
> > How can we achive this validation using validator?  
> > 
> > Writing a custom validate method does not seem to be a good 
> > solution because you can only validate one field at a time.
> > 
> > We thought about extending 
> > org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorForm, overriding the 
> > validate method,  validating everything we can using 
> > validator and coding the rest, but it seems far from ideal.
> > 
> > Does anyone have any suggestions or has anyone ever run 
> > across this type of problems before.
> > 
> > Thanks for any suggestions.
> > 
> > Doug
> > 
> > 
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