forms

Html form, radio button and Servlet

Hi, I've writen a servlet that builds an html page showing the content of a database. The code is: Statement st = (Statement) conexion.createStatement(); ResultSet rs = st.executeQuery("select * from audiolist" ); while (rs.next()) { contador++; out.println("<tr>"); String k = rs.getString("Tittle"); ...

jQuery dynamic creation of input fields based on the number selected in a dropdown menu?

I am trying to accomplish something along the lines of this: http://devblog.jasonhuck.com/assets/infiniteformrows.html But... I want to display a dropdown select field, with values 1 to 20, and depending on which value gets selected in that field that's how many input fields I will display to a user to fill out on the page (without ref...

Safari does not work with forms on .htaccess site

I can't get Safari to submit forms to a page that is protected by .htaccess. I have reduced my test page to: <html> <body> <?php if(isset($_REQUEST["name"])) echo "<p>You entered: ", $_REQUEST["name"], "</p>"; ?> <form method='post' action='index.php'> <p><input type='text' NAME='name'> <input type='submit' name='send'...

JQuery: Prevent fadeOut when form has focused or when dialogue is moused over.

The title is a little vague, but I can't explain it in the character limit. I'm creating a little splash screen with dialogues that appear as you hover over certain triggering links. Two of these contain forms (log-in prompt and a registration form). At present, if you hover over either the link or the dialogues themselves they remain a...

jQuery Change event on an <input> element - any way to retain previous value?

I've been searching around this morning and I'm not finding any simple solutions... basically, I want to capture a change in an input element, but also know the previous value. Here's a change event and an input element in its simplest form. Clearly, I can get the new value with $(elem).val(), but is there a sneaky method I'm missing f...

Modal Dialog with Multiple Forms

Is there a way to specify what forms are Locked when opening a Modal Dialog? I want to have a specific form available even if a Modal dialog is opened. The form in question is a child form (Accessible from the Windows application bar), that is created from the main application form. The Modal Dialog should only lock the main applica...

Modal Dialog with secondary form shown in taskbar

I have two forms for my application, that are visible in the Windows taskbar. When a modal dialog is popped up on the main form, the secondary form is locked. However, when the user clicks on the secondary form on the taskbar, it appears over the modal dialog box, and is basically frozen. Is there a way to ensure that the modal dialo...

Don't submit form if nothing selected, using jQuery ajaxForm plugin

I'm using the jQuery Form plugin to do an 'ajax' submit of my form, which consists of about 4 radio selects. However, I want the form to not submit if none of the radio buttons have been selected. Here's my attempt so far, helped by so code I've found in another SO answer and the plugin docs: $(document).ready(function() { var option...

How to create a form toggle switch as a replacement for a submit button?

How would one create a form element/button that can be styled/scripted to behave as a sliding/toggle button, similar to: example toggle gif By clicking on the arrow, it would submit the form and change the status to "on" if it was off, or "off" it was on, updating the visual representation accordingly. ...

Problem with JQuery Calculation Plugin

I'm not able to get this to work at all. Getting not defined for all of the available functions. Everything is loaded correctly too. Here is the link to the example. Thanks, Mike ...

Auto Complete Fields in Rails that Display Something Different Than What They Select

Hi, I'm trying to create an auto complete field (using the script.aculo.us plugin) in a form for a category select, but I want the auto complete list to display a number next to each category (the number of other things in the same category). This is similar to the Tags field on stack overflow. Right now I can display the number I wa...

jQuery .blur doesn't work

I have 3 .blur's and only the first one works for some reason. here's the jquery code: <script type='text/javascript'> $(document).ready(function() { $("#user_name").blur(function() { if ($(this).val().length > 4) { $("#usernamecheckbox").html("<img src='images/checkmark.png' alt='' />"); } else { $("#...

Generate CheckBoxList without Bit/Boolean (Oracle)

I have a table for a subscription list in Oracle with several columns where one is a NUMBER (0/1) since Oracle doesn't have a boolean type. It might look something like this | NAME | FLAG | DATESENT | +-------+-------+----------+ | Feed1 | true | 07/22/09 | +-------+-------+----------+ | Feed2 | false | 07/22/09 | +-------+-------+-...

web scraping to fill out (and retrieve) search forms?

Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to "automate" the task of typing in entries to search forms and extracting matches from the results. For instance, I have a list of journal articles for which I would like to get DOI's (digital object identifier); manually for this I would go to the journal articles search page (e.g., http://pubs.acs...

How to apply a class to all button?

In one of my projects I have used input[type="button"] to apply a style to all the buttons. It works fine in all browsers except Internet Explorer 6. It doesn't style the buttons. Is there a solution for this, like creating some class for the button and applying it to all buttons? I want to apply that class to all buttons but not manua...

Register Form Validation

I have a registration form which I need to validate before submit. The form has the following fields:name,email, and password. I need the name to have a value, the email to have the correct format, and the password to be at least 6 characters. What is the best way to do all this validation and hightlight incorrect fields live before sub...

Best Practice - Handling multiple fields, user roles, and one stored procedure

I have multiple fields both asp:DropDownList's and asp:TextBox's. I also have a number of user roles that change the Visible property of certain controls so the user cannot edit them. All of this data is saved with a stored procedure call on PostBack. The problem is when I send in the parameters and the control was not on the page obviou...

Stop Submit With Empty Input Values

Im Looking for a simple solution to stop a login form from submitting with empty input fields. The code for the form is below. I would like to use a simple Javascript soluiton if possible. <form id="login" method="post" action=""> <input type="text" name="email" id="email" /> <input type="password" name="pwd" id="pwd" /> ...

Getting Form Input with Javascript or jQuery for Background Color Manipulation

How can I get form inputs real time and use them to change the background color of elements? I have an input field that will accept six digit hex values: <input name="acct-bcolor" id="acct-bcolor" class="color" value="141414"> Thanks in advance. -B ...

Make blank params[] nil

When a user submits a form and leaves certain fields blank, they get saved as blank in the DB. I would like to iterate through the params[:user] collection (for example) and if a field is blank, set it to nil before updating attributes. I can't figure out how to do this though as the only way I know to iterate creates new objects: col...