Hi. I'm a newbie: both to this news group and to land of Perl/cgi :o) .... I'd
appreciate getting some help with a form validation script!
I'm working on a conference room reservation form. The html form has fields for name,
title of meeting, day/month/year, start time and end time. My current problem is the
date validation - I need it to not only check for whether there has not been a
selection made, but also whether the start time is => end time and end time <= start
time, returning errors in any of these cases.
My form fields for time start and time end are selection boxes, both with the am/pm
designation included with the numeric time - i.e.6:00 am through 6:00pm (in half hour
increments). The problem is when the start time is =< 12:30 pm and the end time
selected is =>1pm -- if this selection is made, the .cgi sees the end time as less
than the start time and returns an error.
If I change the selection box listing to military time, I can get the script to work,
but I don't like using that format (and I think most users would agree). What code can
I use to make the .cgi recognize the difference in am/pm using the standard time
format?
Thanks,
Marjie
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Here's is the portion of my .cgi showing the code for the time field(s) validation:
elsif ($in{'timestart'} eq "Select one:") {
print "<html><body bgcolor=red><table width=50% bgcolor=white>\n";
print "<tr><td><b>Oops! You forget to fill in the `Time Start' field.\n";
print "<p><b>Use the back button to return to the form\n";
print "<b>and complete the info needed. Thank
you!</b></td></tr></table></body></html>";
}
elsif ($in{'timeend'} eq "Select one:") {
print "<html><body bgcolor=red><table width=50% bgcolor=white>\n";
print "<tr><td><b>Oops! You forget to fill in the `Time End' field.\n";
print "<p><b>Use the back button to return to the form\n";
# print "<b>and complete the info needed. Thank
you!</b></td></tr></table></body></html>";
}
if ($in{'timestart'} >= $in{'timeend'} ) {
print "<html><body bgcolor=red><table width=50% bgcolor=white>\n";
print "<tr><td><center><b>Oops!</center>\n";
print "<b>Your `<font color=red>Time Start and Time End' *are in conflict*</font><br>
\n";
print "<b>Please use the back button to return to the\n";
print "<b>reservation form, and reselect your \n";
print "<b>start or end time.<br>\n";
print "<center><b>Thank you!</b></center></td></tr></table></body></html>";
}
else {
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FYI-After this portion of the code, the .cgi is to open the .txt database and check
for any duplicate entry. If none found, it writes; if duplicate date found, it should
return another error. But haven't gotten that far yet!
Thanks in advance for help correcting/completing this code!
Marjie
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