IMHO, even if you use client-side data checks, you still need to do it on the back-end
as well. It's way to easy to subvert client-side only checks.
Keep in mind that CF code will only execute on the server side, so the alert will only
get returned when the user submits the page.
Kevin
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/09/02 01:00PM >>>
Its been awhile since I subscribed to the list. Its nice to be back. A
quick question. I'm checking data when the user submits a form and was
wondering if something like this is OK to do. I can't get the javascript to
work so I tried this. This is a textarea field.
<cfif len(form.education) gt 7500>
<script>
alert(" Your data has exceeded its length");
</script>
</cfif>
Daniel Bogesdorfer
Senior Programmer / Analyst
Office Of Research Health Sciences
University of Pittsburgh
412.648.2366
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