Paul, could I impose upon you to strip your example code down to handling one field? I don't understand everything you've got there, and what it all refers to.
Also, could you send an example of your cf processing for a field? This would give me enough to work on and test. Hopefully I can figure it out from there. Thanks for all your help! Rick -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 5:44 PM To: 'jQuery Discussion.' Subject: Re: [jQuery] Calling all CF'ers... et al... What you described is basically what I do, Rick--not because Jorn's plugin didn't work but because many of my form fields are validated against each other, and database interaction is required to make that decision. (e.g., the validity of field Y depends on the value already entered in field X.) Below is the validate function I call onBlur from each input. It first sets the field's status icon to a loading spinny, then requests validation from a CFM file, passing the value of the current field as well as the value of the dependent criteria, which CF handles (cfswitch/cfcase) depending on which field is passed. The callback receives the response and shows either a success or error icon with a descriptive error attached in a stylish little error message balloon. I don't know if this is the smartest method--I'm pretty new to jQuery myself--but it has worked very well and provides the flexibility I need. HTH, Paul function validateField(field, criteria){ $("#"+field+" img.ico").attr("src","/images/office/ico-loading.gif"); $.get("/gateway/validate.cfm?field="+field+"&value="+$("#"+field+" input").val()+"&criteria="+criteria, function(response){ response = eval("("+response+")"); showIcon(field,response.pass,response.msg); }); } _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/
