I'm working on something now using this approach. Mostly because my validation will require access to the DB. How do others approach this?
I'm doing a scheduling application, and before saving a schedule I need to make sure people on the schedule are not scheduled already somewhere else. This is not something I can use primary keys for. DK On 12/7/05, Ben Nadel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been leaning towards putting my validation (I am new at this) inside > of the DAO object. The DAO validate would accept some sort of entity bean > and then return a validation error collection object: > > UserDAO.Validate(User) - > Returns instance of > extensions.components.ValidationErrorCollection > > Of course this is just theory for me at the moment, but what I like about it > is that validation can happen in an organized format at the programmer's > request. > > Plus, getting a standard collection interface is good for outputting the > form errors to the end user. > > ....................... > Ben Nadel > Web Developer > Nylon Technology > 6 West 14th Street > New York, NY 10011 > 212.691.1134 > 212.691.3477 fax > www.nylontechnology.com > > "Vote for Pedro" > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 10:48 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: CFC design - data validation? > > Have a method called setemailaddress() that calls another method that > validates the email address. If it validates, then save otherwise return an > error message. My listserver CFC does this (among other things). One of the > powers of CFCs is the ability to have clean organization of code. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:226446 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
