On 11/17/2003 08:04:21 PM Janice wrote: > Hi Gang, > > I was having problems getting validation to work at all. I've read every post > on getting it to work, followed all step-by-steps, and nothing would ever do > it. Today I yanked all the .jar files out of my lib directory and updated it > with the .jar files from the latest release version of struts (1.1). Well... > something started to happen all right, just not what I expected. > > What it looks like its doing is validating my form before its even loaded
> (execute() does not get called, and my print statements in validate() show that > super.validate() is returning errors.) > > What my code is trying to do is: > 1) a list of widgets are displayed. Each widget has a link to an edit page. > There is also an add widget option. Both the edit and the add call the same > action with a request parameter like addEdit=add or addEdit=edit. > Just keeping it simple, you've got something like this? displayWigetsAction (mapping validate=false) --> displayWigets.jsp user clicks add button or edit link --> setupAddEditAction (mapping validate=false) --> addEdit.jsp user submits form --> saveAddEditAction (mapping validate=true) Susan > Currently, when either of these links are clicked, I get a 'page cannot be > displayed' and my log tells me that there was a validation error. I don't know > why validate() is being called in the first place, I have no explicit calls to > it, and didn't expect it to get run until the next form was submitted and my > struts-config.xml said validate=true. > > 2) the next step should be that the action builds the form object with either > the reset() values for an add, or a database-retrieved set of values for an > edit. Ideally, when this form is submitted, the form should be validated. If > I change my validate() method on my form object to return a new ActionErrors(), > then things work better, but still don't validate. > > I hope this is enough information. I can post a bunch of code if its not. I > really appreciate any and all help, this validation stuff is taking soooo long > to get working! > > Thanks in advance, > Janice > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
