validation

need to handle special character validation using javascript

Special characters <,>,%,'',"",$,^ are not allowed in a textbox. I need to put a validation check to restrict these characters on submit along with the null check. I wrote entire validation code in a function and calling it on click of submit but the function is not recognised on click. Please help me in this java script to acheive th...

How to catch Non-integer values mapped to integer properties in UpdateModel()

Let's say you have an object called Person that looks like this: class Person { public int ID { get; set; } public string Name { get; set; } public int NumberOfCatsNamedEnder { get; set; } } I have a simple HTML form that exposes the properties that gets posted to an ASP.NET MVC action inside of my PersonController class. The i...

How to parse an XHTML file that is not 100% valid?

I have XHTML files whose source is not completely valid, it does not follow the DTD of an XML document. Like there are places where for " it uses &Idquo; or for apostrophes it uses &rsquo;. This causes exceptions in my C# code. So is there any method or any weblink that i can use to get rid of this? ...

BizTalk generated XSD fails to validate the XML its derived from

I've got an XML response from another system, but no XSD, so I used the Create Schema option to generate one. I then added the XSD to my BizTalk 2006 R2 project and set its "Input Instance Filename" property to the original XML message. Tried the "Validate Instance" option and it FAILS ???, with a couple of errors like so ... error BEC...

inline javascript form validation

I'm working on a form validation script at work and am having some difficulty. The form is meant to make sure that the user fills out a name, a real-looking email, a category (fromt he drop down) and a question: This names the form and gathers all the data up from the form: <script> function checkForm(form1) { name = document.getEl...

Question concerning markup validation errors

I am using [http://validator.w3.org/][1] for markup validation and I continue to get errors that don't make any sense to me. For two below, for example, the validator is telling me that there is an error detected within the closing brackets of the body and html tags. For one page it repeats these errors 5 times and it doesn't make sense ...

alpha with space regex in cakephp

I have a user registration form and I only want the user to specify their first and last name (i.e. Donalg Doonsberry). If the user doesn't provide their name in this fashion, the input will be rejected. I thought something like this would work for my regex user validation in cakephp: 'name'=>array('Name has to be comprised of letter...

How to remove space and restrict special chars using jquery?

I am creating a signup form in my website. I want to implement some checkup with username, which are username can't have any space, username can't have any special characters other than dot (.) as gmail is doing in thier signup form. I am using jQUERY in my app, can anyone tell me how to implement above listed two checkups using jqu...

Persistent Layer Validations

While saving data using a stored procedure often we encounter foreign key constraints, unique key constraints, etc. All such errors can be corrected by passing in the right data. Validation can be done in the business logic layer and should be sent to the persistence layer only if it succeeds. But in some cases it is convenient to valid...

Server Side/Client Side or Both User Input Validation

What is the best way to use validation on your site when I want to give people client side "helper" validation such as password not long enough, email is incorrect format but also do server side validation and return errors such as username already exists and have both client and server validation messages visually be displayed the same ...

viewstate MAC failed in asp.net 2.0 while postback the page

Hi! I have a website in asp.net 2.0 with default membership provider. It was fine til yesterday. When i add custom google search box in my website now i am getting the same error Validation of viewstate MAC failed. If this application is hosted by a Web Farm or cluster, ensure that configuration specifies the same validationKey and vali...

How do I prevent a canvas opened from a PopUpButton from closing when it loses focus?

I have a popup button that launches a canvas containing a form that a user can submit. I'm validating this form and displaying an alert when the validation fails. As soon as the user clicks 'OK' on the alert, the canvas launched from the PopUpButton loses focus and closes automatically (its default behavior). PopUpButton._closeOnActivity...

Invalid Postback error when Databinding a gridview.

I really hate this error, because it can be so hard to pin point. In this case, I have a page with a user control on it that contains a gridview. When a button is clicked to view one of the records in the gridview, a pop-up window (in the form of a modal dialog) opens allowing the user to edit the fields. Then, when the pop-up is clos...

How to display validation error on Image.Source?

I am binding an Image's Source property to a URI string property on the model: <Image Validation.ErrorTemplate="{StaticResource validationTemplate}"> <Image.Source> <Binding Path="LargeImage.ImageUri"> <Binding.ValidationRules> <ExceptionValidationRule/> </Binding.ValidationRules> </Binding> </Image.Sourc...

How do I validate a nodereference field in a custom node form in Drupal 6?

I have an autocomplete nodereference field (field_hostnamelastref) in a custom pass-node-form.tpl.php. The field references four items (last name, first name, an id #, and status) generated from tokens in an autotitle from another content type. When entering a last name in the nodereference field, if the corresponding status for that l...

ValidationAttribute Redux.

Ref to:Creating a ValidationAttribute to ensure unique column values. Ok... Let's try reframing the question: from here I have ripped this code: static TEntity Get<TEntity, TKey>(this DataContext ctx, TKey key) where TEntity : class { var table = ctx.GetTable<TEntity>(); var pkProp = (from member in ctx.Mapping...

XML UTF-8 encoding checking

Hello everyone, I have an XML structure like this, some Student item contains invalid UTF-8 byte sequenceswhich may cause XML parsing fail for the whole XML document. What I want to do is, filter out Student item which contains UTF-8 byte sequences, and keep the valid byte sequences ones. Any advice or samples about how to do this in ....

Putting values in error.getModel in onBindAndValidate

I want to add some data to model if there wasn't any validation errors. I thought I could do this in onBindAndValidate, where I have the access to error object, which contains model: errors.getModel().putAll(map); I also tried to put values one by one using put(key, value) but without success. What can I do? ...

What is the expression on RegularExpressionValidator to check if the Textbox text is 6 or more characters long?

Hello guys, what is the format for the RegularExpressionValidator control to check if the textbox to be validated has 6 or more characters? ...

Validator nightmare on dynamic control C#

I have a requirement to add a RequiredFieldValidator and RegularExpressionValidator to a dynamically created textbox in a dynamically generated tablecell, inside a Web User Control in the Content Area of a Page created from a Master. The problem, as you can probably guess, is trying to dynamically set the ControlToValidate property to l...