Re: form validator issue

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2005

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texte = Well, if anybody's interested, here's the javascript solution to Lester's prob:-DanOn Sat, 19 Mar 2005 06:48:07 -0800 (PST) Lester wrote:> duh...> I figured a good nights sleep would help.> > I initially messed up by deleting a small line that> was always in my other snippets, causing all this to> fail miserably over and over again. > > Slowly re-assembled this form and all is well.> > No empty fields can pass, although I just realized> "just spaces" do. Photo uploads are fine if one is> indicated.> > How would I check for just "spaces" in a field.... or> am i being too paranoid. I only require 2 fields as> mandatory, the "Title" and the "Text".> > > > Thanks to all for trying to help on this.> > > > --- Terry Wilson wrote:>> >I put this on the input form page:>> >>> >[FormVariables]>> >[index],[name],[value]
>> >[/FormVariables]>> >>> >>> >this is one of the lines I get>> >on the form validate page:>> >>> >8,Content-Disposition: form-data; name="BlogText",>> >>> >>> >still appears blank to me>> >????>> >> Your formvariable test below should have shown you>> the problem >> inherent in using enctype="multipart/form-data; that>> is, the name >> themselves are transformed into a more complex>> string. In your >> validator, you're expecting to find a variable named>> "Blogtext" but >> now it's actually called "Content-Disposition:>> form-data; >> name="BlogText"", so your validator never even sees>> [blogtext] to >> validate for it. It sees [Content-Disposition:>> form-data; >> name="BlogText"] though.>> >> With my uploads I use formvariables and pull out the>> names using >> middle, and use [text] to rewrite the variables with>> the original >> names I intended. Then the following validation code>> you expect will >> work. I think the sample you downloaded probably has>> something like >> this in it. It differentiates between the one>> variable holding the >> file itself, and the others by looking for the>> presence of "filename" >> in the string. Sounds complicated and looks ugly,>> but once you wrap >> your head around it, it makes sense.>> >> Terry>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------->> 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/>> > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!> http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------> 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/-------------------------------------------------------------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: form validator issue ( Lester 2005)
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Re: form validator issue ( Jesse Proudman 2005)
Re: form validator issue ( Kenneth Grome 2005)
Re: form validator issue ( Lester 2005)
Re: form validator issue ( "Gary Krockover" 2005)
Re: form validator issue ( Lester 2005)
Re: form validator issue ( "Gary Krockover" 2005)
Re: form validator issue ( Lester 2005)
Re: form validator issue ( "Dan Strong" 2005)
Re: form validator issue ( Lester 2005)
Re: form validator issue ( Sal D'Anna 2005)
Re: form validator issue ( Lester 2005)
Re: form validator issue ( Aaron Lynch 2005)
form validator issue ( Lester 2005)

Well, if anybody's interested, here's the javascript solution to Lester's prob:-DanOn Sat, 19 Mar 2005 06:48:07 -0800 (PST) Lester wrote:> duh...> I figured a good nights sleep would help.> > I initially messed up by deleting a small line that> was always in my other snippets, causing all this to> fail miserably over and over again. > > Slowly re-assembled this form and all is well.> > No empty fields can pass, although I just realized> "just spaces" do. Photo uploads are fine if one is> indicated.> > How would I check for just "spaces" in a field.... or> am i being too paranoid. I only require 2 fields as> mandatory, the "Title" and the "Text".> > > > Thanks to all for trying to help on this.> > > > --- Terry Wilson wrote:>> >I put this on the input form page:>> >>> >[formvariables]>> >[index],[name],[value]
>> >[/FormVariables]>> >>> >>> >this is one of the lines I get>> >on the form validate page:>> >>> >8,Content-Disposition: form-data; name="BlogText",>> >>> >>> >still appears blank to me>> >????>> >> Your formvariable test below should have shown you>> the problem >> inherent in using enctype="multipart/form-data; that>> is, the name >> themselves are transformed into a more complex>> string. In your >> validator, you're expecting to find a variable named>> "Blogtext" but >> now it's actually called "Content-Disposition:>> form-data; >> name="BlogText"", so your validator never even sees>> [blogtext] to >> validate for it. It sees [Content-Disposition:>> form-data; >> name="BlogText"] though.>> >> With my uploads I use formvariables and pull out the>> names using >> middle, and use [text] to rewrite the variables with>> the original >> names I intended. Then the following validation code>> you expect will >> work. I think the sample you downloaded probably has>> something like >> this in it. It differentiates between the one>> variable holding the >> file itself, and the others by looking for the>> presence of "filename" >> in the string. Sounds complicated and looks ugly,>> but once you wrap >> your head around it, it makes sense.>> >> Terry>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------->> 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/>> > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!> http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------> 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/-------------------------------------------------------------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/ "Dan Strong"

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