I could certainly do this by hand in the validate() method of the form or in the action (which I have been doing this for the last few months), but I was hoping the validator could do it for me somehow...
or maybe I misunderstood you? obviously concatenating strings would be "bad" due to i18n. daniel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Naveen Mudgal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 2:50 AM Subject: RE: newbie validator question: show value of a field in error > u catch the username field value using <bean:write> tag and concatenate the error message defined in applicationresources.properties file errors.email={0} is not a valid email address. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Wang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 3:13 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: newbie validator question: show value of a field in error > > > I have a dumb question re: struts validator: > > How do I show the value of the offending field in the error message as > opposed to the field name? > > i.e. if the field I want to validate is email, and the user types in "foo", > how do I show > "'foo' is not a valid email address" > > as opposed to the more standard (or widely documented) error > "'Email Address' is not valid" > > Thanks, > Daniel > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]