Rick, do you have a link that I can look at?

Rick Faircloth wrote:
> Hi, all...
> 
> I've been tinkering with jQuery for about 3 weeks now and while
> I've made some progress and gotten some things to work, I'm
> stuck on validation and I've got to get it working so I can do something
> that makes money!
> 
> Anyway... here's what I've got.  If anyone could give me the advice I need
> to get this working I'd be very grateful...
> 
> I'm trying to run validation on each form field of a form on blur.  Right
> now
> I'm just working on one form field.
> 
> I've got my page with the validation code (trying to use $post) and my form.
> I've also set up my processing page (.cfm).  However, nothing seems to be
> happening with the processing.  The form just acts like a regular form.
> 
> Firebug isn't complaining of any js errors...
> 
> Here are the 3 parts involved:
> 
> jQuery:
> 
> 
> <script type="text/javascript">
> 
>         function ValidatePrincipal(){
> 
>             var Params = {};
> 
>             $("input:text").each(function(){
>             Params[$(this).attr("name")] = $(this).val();
>             });
> 
>             // "post" the form.  The Params object mimics form fields
>             $.post("callpage_Validate_Mortgage_Inputs.cfm", Params,
> ['Principal'], function(data){
>             // this is the processing function.
>        
>             // append what you get back to the element with ID = Result
> after clearing its contents
>             $("#Result").empty().append(data);
>       
>             } // closes post function
>             ); // closes ( after .post 
>         } // closes { after ValidatePrincipal()
>               
> </script>
> 
> 
> Form HTML:
> 
> 
> <body>
> 
> <Form id="ValidatePrincipal" Name="ValidatePrincipal">
> 
> <table>
>       <tr>
>               <td>
>                       Result: <Span id="Result"></span>
>               </td>
>       </tr>
>       
>       <tr>
>               <td>
>                       Principal: <INPUT ID="Principal" Name="Principal"
> Type="Text" Value="" Size="20" Class="TextInput01"
> onBlur="ValidatePrincipal">
>               </td>
>       </tr>
>               
>       <tr>
>               <td>
>                       Interest: <INPUT ID="Interest" Name="Interest"
> Type="Text" Value="" Size="20" Class="TextInput01">
>               </td>
>               
>       </tr>
>       
> </table>
> 
> </Form>
> 
> </body>
> 
> 
> And finally, the .cfm processing code:
> 
> 
> <CFIF Value="Principal">
> 
>      <CFSET Principal_Error_Message = "">
> 
>       <CFIF Len(Trim(Form.Principal)) and Not
> IsNumeric(REReplace(Form.Principal, "[.$,]","","All"))>
> 
>               <CFSET Principal_Error_Message = "Please enter a valid
> dollar amount.">
> 
>       <CFELSEIF Not Len(Trim(Form.Principal))>
>        
>               <CFSET Principal_Error_Message = "Please enter a value for
> the Principal.">
>        
>               </CFIF>
>       
>               <CFCONTENT
> Reset="Yes"><CFOUTPUT>#Principal_Error_Message#</CFOUTPUT>
>               
>       </CFIF>
>       
> </CFIF>
> 
> Any hints why this is not working?
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> jQuery mailing list
> discuss@jquery.com
> http://jquery.com/discuss/
> 

_______________________________________________
jQuery mailing list
discuss@jquery.com
http://jquery.com/discuss/

Reply via email to