validation

Most efficient way of validating a form in an array?

I have a form being validated in the following manner: //Clear all variables $formCheck = ''; $rep = ''; $name = ''; $department = ''; $location = ''; $email = ''; $phone = ''; $type = ''; $drink = ''; $notes = ''; $lastVisited = ''; $nextVisit = ''; $clean_formCheck = ''; $clean_rep = ''; $clean_name = ''; $clean_department = ''; $cle...

Adding a doctype w/o killing off current functionality

I had to repurpose some old code for a rush job, and while that code QA's fine it turns out not to have a doctype declared. When I add a doctype, it breaks the design in IE. Ideally, I would be able to declare whatever doctype is assumed when none exists, but don't know if that's possible. Is there a way I can declare a doctype without c...

Validating a Rails model against an external API

Consider the following scenario: You have an account model You have an external service which manages subscriptions (such as CheddarGetter). You do not want to create a customer on CG unless the data entered passed your own validations, and likewise you don't want to save the customer down to your own database unless CG accepts the cus...

How to validate a boolean in Struts 2 Validation Framework

Simple: I have to be sure the privacy checkbox on my form is checked. I tryed to use the expression validator (and the fieldexpression validator) but it does'n work. Can anobody help me? ...

How to add a character to this validation function?

$(function(){ $('input[name="username"]').keydown(function(key){ if (jQuery.inArray(key.keyCode, [8,37,39,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90]) == -1 || key.shiftKey ){ return false; } }); }); What t...

How do I validate a string in JavaScript?

Have a text input box. Would like the user to enter a string in the exact format: 2010/08/26 17:04:51.24 (with any numbers of course) How can I do this efficiently? Not looking for the answer, just a point in the right direction. Thank You. (html, JavaScript and jQuery) ...

What's the best approach for using ajaxform with jQuery validation?

I'm using the ajaxform jQuery plugin to create ajaxed HTML forms and want to implement validation using the jQuery Validation plugin. I'm not sure what is the best way to implement this. It doesn't work out-of-the-box for me. I set up the form with form.ajaxform({}) and then set up validation with form.validate({}). The invalidHandler...

How to validate email in JQuery?

I wrote the following contact form/validation script. How can I integrate email validation in it?: <style type="text/css"> div.contactForm { width:370px; margin:0 auto; } form.contactUs label { display:block; } form.contactUs input { margin-bottom:10px; } input.submit { margin-top:10px; } input.error { background:#FF...

Validating :inclusion in rails based on parent Model's attribute value

I have two models Project and 'Task` where project has_many tasks and task belongs to project Now in my Task model I am doing validation on a field using attributes in the project validates :effort, :inclusion => 1..(project.effort) This results in an error method_missing: undefined method project Question is, how can I validate a c...

Issue with control layout when using Validation.ErrorTemplate

I have a custom control which is hosted in a Window with some other controls on it. The custom control and the window are in different assemblies as the custom control is to be shared across several applications. Within the window I define a style for type FrameworkElement and then in that style I set the ControlTemplate to utilize an ...

Custom validation through Web-method

For validating login field (at register form) I use customValidator <asp:CustomValidator id="uniqueLoginValidator" class="validator" runat="server" ControlToValidate="tbUserName" ErrorMessage="Login duplicate" ClientValidationFunction="LoginValidate"/> For validate login I need consume wcf, so decide use web-methods <scrip...

How do I ensure a file path is valid?

I'd like to ensure that a given file name is valid, even if it means replacing or removing some characters. I'm currently doing this: Path.GetInvalidFileNameChars ().ToList ().ForEach (x => path.Replace (x, '-')); But as far as I can tell, this is not guaranteed to yield a valid filename. Is there any better way than performing above ...

Run EMF Validation of an ecore model outside of Eclipse

Hello, I found nothing how to validate an ecore model outside of eclipse. Does someone know how to do this? ...

Asp.net mvc client side validation - show errors in the same div

How do I list all generated errors in the same div? Something like this: <div id="errors"> <ul> <li>Email is invalid</li> <li>Firstname is required</li> </ul> </div> ...

asp.net mvc client side validation for camel case property name

Hi all, I am using the MS shipped client side validation in asp.net mvc 2. The model in question has one property called "FirstName". Our client side developer really like to have camel-case in the elements id, so instead of using the normal html helper Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.FirstName), we wrote out the html input view instead like: ...

Validator throwing error.

I have the following RegularExpressionValidator on one of my pages: <asp:RegularExpressionValidator ID="RegularExpressionValidator2" runat="server" ControlToValidate="InKindTextBox" ErrorMessage="The value entered for 'Cash' must be in a number format. Ex...

Jquery form validation, return user to required field

When user tries to submit form without entering data in a required field (class="required"), field is highlighted and given focus. Except when the field is a select option. The field is highlighted but user is not returned to the field. User has to scroll up in this case. I need the form to scroll up to the highlighted field as it do...

How can I test whether a string contains only hex characters in C#?

I have a long string (8000 characters) that should contain only hexadecimal and newline characters. What is the best way to validate / verify that the string does not contain invalid characters? Valid characters are: 0 through 9 and A through F. Newlines should be acceptable. I began with this code, but it does not work properly (i.e....

Remove required attribute from a CCK FileField

Hello. I have a node with a required CCK filefield. I want to remove the field requirement on certain pages, so I added a hook_form_alter in my module and tried the following: $form['field_image_file']['#required'] = false; which doesnt work! Printing the $form I see that there are loads of places where the #required value is set to...

CodeIgniter Form Validation. Multiple calls not working.

I am using CodeIgniter. I have been trying to debug a non-working script. I have come to the conclusion that when utilizing $this->form_validation->run(); (the form validation class), after the first named call, e.g $this->form_validation->run(form_1);, all following calls return true. I am developing a multi step form and when $this->...