Sure you can. You can use ajax for anything you want.
On the currency validation why can't you replace anything that is not a
number or a decimal with "" ? That should give you a valid number to
validate.
validate ele.value.replace(/[^0-9\.]/g,"")
Rick Faircloth wrote:
>
> Hi, guys...
>
> I usually do all my validation using CF, by submitting
> a form back to the page it's on, however, I thought I'd
> give jQuery a crack at validation. While it works fine
> for the functions that are built-in, they are somewhat limited in function
> and I quickly get lost in a lot of code when it comes to custom
> validation,
> such as validating and reformatting dollar values for processing.
>
> What I'm wondering is if I can use jQuery validation, such
> as Jorn's Validation plug-in, which I've been working with,
> but use calls to CF pages with CF code for validation and
> formatting and returning the values to the form.
>
> I've been using Jorn's Validation plug-in, then once all the form
> entries are correct, the form values are posted out
> with a $.post call to a .cfm page where calculations are run
> on the form values, then the result is returned to the calling page.
>
> What I'm getting around to asking is if I can use CF code
> on separate pages and have a form field value sent to a
> .cfm page "onblur" for validation using CF code, then have the resulting
> value returned to the calling page after processing and/or formatting
> and reinserted back into the form field.
>
> I don't know if this makes any sense to anyone.
>
> Let me know if it doesn't and I'll try to clarify.
>
> For example... I use this function to calculate a mortgage payment
> once all form values are valid:
>
> function CalculateMortgage(){
>
> var Params = {};
>
> // select all inputs of type text
> $("input:text").each(function(){
> Params[$(this).attr("name")] = $(this).val();
> }); // closes input:text function
>
> // "post" the form. The Param object mimics form fields
> $.post("Mortgage_Calculation.cfm", Params, function(data){
> // this is the processing function.
>
> // append what you get back to the element with ID = Result
> after clearing its contents
> $("#Result").empty().append(data);
>
> } // closes post function
> ); // closes ( after .post
> } // closes { after CalculateMortgage = function() {
>
>
> Can I functions that call .cfm pages to process and validate
> individual form fields "onblur" or some other key action?
>
> Rick
>
>
>
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