I did this and it still doesn't work.
It must be related to the scripts created
by ColdFusion for the CFForms.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Silverberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 12:09 PM
Subject: RE: Problem with email form validation
> Firstly, you should have your CheckEmail function return false if the
> validation fails - it looks like you haven't specified that within the
> function.
>
> Then, in your <form> tag, call the function by doing:
>
> onSubmit="return CheckEmail();"
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Gagnon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 10:51 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Problem with email form validation
>
>
> Hi!
>
> I was wondering if there was a way arond this problem.
>
> I am using the CFINPUT 's "Required" and "Message"
> options. They work great, except that I want to
> go further with the email verification.
> I inserted a script to verify the format of the
> email address. The problem is that if all the
> fields are correct except for the email format, this scripts
> correctly tells me that the email is not in a proper format,
> but after I click on OK, the form is sent anyways.
>
> Here is one of the scripts I tried:
>
> <script language="JavaScript">
> function ValidEmail(item) {
> var lsAT;
> var lsDOT;
>
> lsAT = item.value.indexOf("@");
> lsDOT = item.value.indexOf(".");
>
> if (lsAT == -1 || lsDOT == -1 || item.value.indexOf(" ") != -1 || lsAT
+
> 1 >= lsDOT ) {
> return false;
> }
> return true;
> }
>
> function CheckEmail() {
> if(!ValidEmail(document.EmailForm.Email)) {
> alert("<cfoutput>#data.a73#</cfoutput>");
> }
> return true;
> }
>
> </script>
>
>
> Any help would greatly be apreciated.
> TIA!
> _____________________
> Michael
>
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