Thanks for the info, Dave. I guess I've just not used the right (or wrong) variable names to trigger that auto-validation. I recall seeing it now...just never made use of it, preferring to write my own. But I'll look into it. It may make validation easier for many types of data.
Rick Dave Watts wrote: >>> I don't think that's exactly it. There are a bunch of automatic >>> validation suffixes, like "_date" and "_time" which trigger built-in >>> CF form validation. Typically, they're used by adding hidden form >>> fields to your form, and naming those fields using the names of the >>> fields to be validated and the appropriate validation suffix: >>> >>> <input type="text" name="firstname"> >>> <input type="hidden" name="firstname_required" value="You must enter a >>> first name!"> >>> >> But I'm using <form...>, not <cfform...>. Would that cause CF validation >> to be triggered, as well? >> > > Yes. This built-in validation functionality predates the CFFORM tag. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:314757 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
