Kola....see below Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. t. 250.920.8830 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--------------------------------------------------------- Macromedia Associate Partner www.macromedia.com --------------------------------------------------------- Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group Founder & Director www.cfug-vancouverisland.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kola Oyedeji" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 7:59 AM Subject: RE: CFForm madness. 0_0 > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: 22 July 2003 15:47 > >> To: CF-Talk > >> Subject: Re: CFForm madness. 0_0 > >> > >> Personally the #1 reason I hate CFFORM is the "one error at a time" > >> functionality......10 fields....all required..none filled in....form > >> submitted....tells user about field 1....user submits...tells user > about > >> field 2....submits form...tells user about field 3.....and so > on.....If I > >> were that user I'd freak right out ;-) > > This isn't such a problem on the client side, bearing in mind the > message is a javascript alert. If the site is doing this after server > side validation then its badly designed. Well yes it is bad....it's horrible application flow and frustrtaing for the user...it's 1 erorr message for EVERYTHING that is wrong or IMHO it's bad design > > >> I've always done server-side validation even though there is an extra > >> trip > >> to the server.....I inevitably have to run a query to check for > duplicate > >> records or something else that HAS to happen server -side.....so why > >> create > >> a hybrid of client/server-side when I know that 80 plus% of the time > >> there > >> will be at least 1 thing per form to validate server-side....just > always > >> do > >> it the samw way and life is good and code is reusable ;-) > > Because if you don't specify all the fields in your error message which > have not been completed (I'm sure you do) then the user has to endure > the nightmare scenario of experiencing your #1 pet peeve. Even worse if > they're on a dialup. Well ya....but of course all validation will occur....it's called Dev....Test...Prod....it won't get to Prod if it's not validating properly ;-) > > Kola > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
