validation

Jquery - why isn't this working?

Hi, Can someone tell me why the code below doesn't work. I think my theory is sound, I am just missing some vital component. '#tweet' is the id assigned to the form submit button. I want it to check whether the input has less than 141 characters, if it doesn't, alert the user and do not submit the form. Currently it does nothing. ...

RegEx for cleanup a string

This RegEx is for cleanup user input from a search form $query = preg_replace("/[^A-Za-z0-9 _.,*&-]/", ' ', $query); I need to add the slash as a valid character too, but if I add it, I get an error. I assume I have to escape it but can't find how to do that $query = preg_replace("/[^A-Za-z0-9 _.,*&-/]/", ' ', $query); // doesn't wor...

Regular Expression for field must contain at least 2 non-space alphanumeric characters.

Hi all, Rule: field must contain at least 2 non-space alphanumeric characters. please any one can guide us how to write the regular expression thanks in advance.... ...

Analog of PHP "MAX_FILE_SIZE" param for JSP

Is there analog of PHP "MAX_FILE_SIZE" parameter for JSP? It's needed to perform validation on UI before upload process triggered on backend. ...

How to handle Booleans/CheckBoxes in ASP.NET MVC 2 with DataAnnotations?

I've got a view model like this: public class SignUpViewModel { [Required(ErrorMessage = "Bitte lesen und akzeptieren Sie die AGB.")] [DisplayName("Ich habe die AGB gelesen und akzeptiere diese.")] public bool AgreesWithTerms { get; set; } } The view markup code: <%= Html.CheckBoxFor(m => m.AgreesWithTerms) %> <%= Html.La...

ASP.NET MVC - Model Validation regarding its dataType Length

Hello there, I'm using ASP.NET MVC 1 on a project where I would like to validate my form submission with the ModelBinding helpers, actually I am validating it with ModelState.IsValid but it doesn't seem to consider the dataType length when validating it. For example: I have a field nvarchar(70) called Name , but when in my form I submi...

Storing Hidden Values in HTML (for tooltip, error, defaults) Best Practices

I just saw this JQuery Metadata Plugin by John Resig, Yehuda Katz, Jarn Zaefferer, and Paul McLanahan, in my search for JQuery Form Validation, and that's an interesting idea! I'm wondering what general best practices are for storing things like error/validation text, tooltip text, default value text, etc. I know you can place them int...

How to elegantly wrap Amazon Affiliate script to prevent validation errors?

I hope everyone is doing well. I'm having an issue on my girlfriend's Blog (www.lawsandlanguages.com). Basically, she suscribed to the Amazon Affiliate Program and they gave her this poorly written code she's supposed to put in her header section so Amazon can keep a track of referrals and purchases coming from her blog. This code is gen...

Form validation don work in IE7 and IE6 but works fine in Firefox and IE8

In IE7 and IE6 the form validation returns alert('Please fill the indicated fields.'); and no field is highlighted as invalid . <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"&gt; <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="cont...

Should validation rules always be enforced at the model level?

With the new ASP.NET MVC 2 validation features, we can decorate the properties of our domain model objects with DataAnnotations attributes that describe criteria for valid values. The DefaultModelBinder knows about this and populates ModelState.IsValid accordingly before a controller action is invoked. Since the validation rules are defi...

Selecting a Validation Framework - ASP.NET

Which validation framework would you prefer for a webforms application. This would be for a rather large complex app. I would want to specify rulesets and business validation in a single place and integrate it both on the client and server side. I'd prefer jquery for client side. Anyone has any suggestions? ...

Visual Studio XML Editor doesn't re-validate after schema changes

I'm trying to fix my schema file so it matches the output document... the document will auto-validate once, but VS is caching the schema, so when I update the schema, VS won't go look at it again. I have to close down Visual Studio and re-start it, then it will validate the document (one time, grrr) against the new schema file. How can I...

Validation not working on ViewModel

Ok, I have a ViewModel that looks like this: public class UserLogin { [Required] public string EmailAddress { get; set; } [Required] public string Password { get; set; } } My controller looks like this: [HttpPost] public ActionResult LogIn(UserLogin model) { if (!ModelState.IsValid) { // ... } } ...

Rails validations running against original record during update

I'm trying to figure out an inconsistency between what's happening in a functional test and what is happening in my development environment. I have a custom validation method unique_entry that is essentially a specialized version of validates_uniqueness_of. It looks like this: def unique_entry matched_entry = Entry.first(:conditions =...

.Net Make how to make sure a checkbox is checked.

Using Asp.net Webforms how can I validate that a checkbox has been checked. (I cannot do a postback) has to be in javascript (either custom - working with the existing validation controls for other fields. or using a .net validation control) Thanks ...

WPF, Entity framefork and validating models

Hello, I'm buidling an WPF application using the examples given in the link below as a basis: http://www.robbagby.com/silverlight/patterns-based-silverlight-development-part-ii-repository-and-validation/ In the example given, the uses the OnValidating partial method to invoke validation and if nessesary, throw an exception when someth...

SelfValidation problem

Hello , I have a MyBO class which contains: ... [RangeValidator(typeof(byte), "0", RangeBoundaryType.Inclusive, "20", RangeBoundaryType.Inclusive, Ruleset="validate_x")] public byte x { get; set; } [IgnoreNulls] [RangeValidator(typeof(byte), "0", RangeBoundaryType.Inclusive, "50", RangeBoundaryType....

Validation Framework in .NET that can do edits between fields

From my experience many validation frameworks in .NET allow you to validate a single field at a time for doing things like ensuring a field is a postal code or email address for instance. I usually call these within-field edits. In my project we often have to do between-field-edits though. For instance, if you have a class like this: ...

Mongodb - what's the best way to do validation of data?

What's the best way to validate data being inserted or updated into Mongo? Is it to wrote some sort of server executed Javascript code that does the validation? Thanks d ...

Why does WPF Style to show validation errors in ToolTip work for a TextBox but fails for a ComboBox?

I am using a typical Style to display validation errors as a tooltip from IErrorDataInfo for a textbox as shown below and it works fine. <Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}"> <Style.Triggers> <Trigger Property="Validation.HasError" Value="true"> <Setter Property="ToolTip" Value="{B...