Re: form validator issue

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2005


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 61510
interpreted = N
texte = I'll give it a shot anyways...... My way works but I'd like to see how this works as well thanks --- Dan Strong wrote: > Well, if anybody's interested, here's the javascript > solution to Lester's prob: > > > > > > >
action="landing_page.html" name="THE_FORM" > onsubmit="return Blank_TextField_Validator()"> > size="80"> > >
> > > -Dan > > > > > > On 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/ >  __________________________________ 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: form validator issue ( Lester 2005)
  2. Re: form validator issue ( "Dan Strong" 2005)
  3. Re: form validator issue ( Lester 2005)
  4. Re: form validator issue ( Terry Wilson 2005)
  5. Re: form validator issue ( Jesse Proudman 2005)
  6. Re: form validator issue ( Kenneth Grome 2005)
  7. Re: form validator issue ( Lester 2005)
  8. Re: form validator issue ( "Gary Krockover" 2005)
  9. Re: form validator issue ( Lester 2005)
  10. Re: form validator issue ( "Gary Krockover" 2005)
  11. Re: form validator issue ( Lester 2005)
  12. Re: form validator issue ( "Dan Strong" 2005)
  13. Re: form validator issue ( Lester 2005)
  14. Re: form validator issue ( Sal D'Anna 2005)
  15. Re: form validator issue ( Lester 2005)
  16. Re: form validator issue ( Aaron Lynch 2005)
  17. form validator issue ( Lester 2005)
I'll give it a shot anyways...... My way works but I'd like to see how this works as well thanks --- Dan Strong wrote: > Well, if anybody's interested, here's the javascript > solution to Lester's prob: > > > > > > >
action="landing_page.html" name="THE_FORM" > onsubmit="return Blank_TextField_Validator()"> > size="80"> > >
> > > -Dan > > > > > > On 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/ >  __________________________________ 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/ Lester

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