If you use jQuery, this plug-in is great and even hosted on MS CDN. http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-validation/
On 2/14/2013 9:10 AM, John M Bliss wrote: > +1 to Gerald's question. Post-cfform, I used Adobe Spry which was pretty > good. Nowadays, I'd like to use a JQuery plugin / lib (as opposed to > rolling my own JQuery), but have not ID'd one yet. Anyone have a favorite? > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Gerald Guido <gerald.gu...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Has anyone found a replacement for client side validation that is even >> close to CFform in terms of comprehensiveness of data types it validates >> against? CFForm is pretty freakin exhaustive. >> >> I looked in earnest (within the last year or two) to find a replacement and >> have not seen anything that would come close to the completeness of >> datatypes it validates against. >> >> Any suggestions for a client side validation replacement? >> >> I am not a particularly big fan of pop up boxes nor CFForm itself, but it >> *is* a huge time saver in a crunch time. >> >> G! >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Russ Michaels <r...@michaels.me.uk> >> wrote: >> >>> just to break it down a bit further. >>> >>> People that know JS and use Jquery a lot generally wont bother using >>> CFFOREM and CF's built in ajax stuff as they know they can do it much >>> better themselves. >>> The stuff built into CF is great for quick and dirty solutions if your a >>> beginner or want to knock something out quick and not too concerned about >>> how its done. >>> There are however some plusses and minuses on each side. >>> The code CF generates to do cf form validation for example is rather >>> clunky and repetitive (not good code reuse), however it is only >> generating >>> the code you need so in the grand scale, quite small, but does rely on >>> the existence of the CFIDE folder. >>> Using JQuery or similar would result in better code, and you could have >> the >>> same set of code handle server side validation and client side (via ajax) >>> and you don;t rely on CF or the CFIDE, but there will be much more code >> as >>> you have the JQuery library to include for a start, so this may be >> overkill >>> if your needs are simply and add unnecessary bloat and loading time to >> your >>> page. >>> >>> A lot of people STILL do not even consider server side validation, which >>> allows haxors to bypass all your client side validation by disabling JS >> and >>> potentially hacking your forms, injecting malware/phishing code, >>> XSS attacks etc. >>> >>> >>> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:354526 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
