Re: Rubbish in form fields

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2004

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 57321
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texte = >> I'm building a system that has to perform calculations on inputted=20>> data, hence it's very important that users aren't allowed to enter=20>> any old thing into the form fields.>> Was wondering if anyone had a rock-steady way of checking this - for=20=>> instance a multiple criteria [showif] tag or something?>> [showif [UserData]^,./@=A3$%*]>> [text]Form=3DError[/text]>> [/showif]>> Thanks,>> Pat>> Hi Pat, The statement above will not work because it will try to find=20=> that entire> comparison in your "userdata" variable.>> An if then statement would work however.>> [if ("[userData]" ^ ",") | ("[userData]" ^ ",") |...]> [then]> [math show=3Df]check=3D0[/check][!]invalid [/!]> [/then]> [else]> [math show=3Df]check=3D1[/check][!]move on [/!]> [else]> [/if]>> That kind of thing.>> the "|" means "or".[showif [Grep search=3D[^0-9]&replace=3Derror][UserData][/Grep]^error] [text]Form=3DError[/text][/showif]Paul-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: Rubbish in form fields ( Paul Willis 2004)
Re: Rubbish in form fields ( Donovan Brooke 2004)
Re: Rubbish in form fields ( Joe D'Andrea 2004)
Rubbish in form fields ( Pat Holliday 2004)

>> I'm building a system that has to perform calculations on inputted=20>> data, hence it's very important that users aren't allowed to enter=20>> any old thing into the form fields.>> Was wondering if anyone had a rock-steady way of checking this - for=20=>> instance a multiple criteria [showif] tag or something?>> [showif [UserData]^,./@=A3$%*]>> [text]Form=3DError[/text]>> [/showif]>> Thanks,>> Pat>> Hi Pat, The statement above will not work because it will try to find=20=> that entire> comparison in your "userdata" variable.>> An if then statement would work however.>> [if ("[userData]" ^ ",") | ("[userData]" ^ ",") |...]> [then]> [math show=3Df]check=3D0[/check][!]invalid [/!]> [/then]> [else]> [math show=3Df]check=3D1[/check][!]move on [/!]> [else]> [/if]>> That kind of thing.>> the "|" means "or".[showif [Grep search=3D[^0-9]&replace=3Derror][UserData][/Grep]^error] [text]Form=3DError[/text][/showif]Paul-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Paul Willis

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