Re: form validator issue

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2005


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 61509
interpreted = N
texte = Well, if anybody's interested, here's the javascript solution to Lester's prob:
-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/ 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)
Well, if anybody's interested, here's the javascript solution to Lester's prob:
-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/ "Dan Strong"

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