Steve,
How you handle the server response is entirely up to you of course.
Personally, I like to use json and do something like this:
success: function(json) {
if (json.error) {
// display error
alert(json.error);
}
else {
// process response where json.data is
// something like "Thanks for your comment."
$('#myTargetDiv').append(json.data);
}
}
But if your response contains substantial markup then json isn't a
good fit. You need to establish a protocol that is straight-forward
but can scale for your application/website.
Mike
On 8/30/07, Steve Finkelstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi mike,
>
> First and foremost, thanks for your reply!
>
> As for the validation, should I return a string such as 'errors' and
> eval() it in my success callback? I'm not entirely sure how to let js
> know that the server deemed something in the form as a booboo.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> - sf
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 30, 2007, at 8:04 AM, "Mike Alsup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> > Steve,
> >
> > If you need that kind of control over the reset then I suggest you use
> > the resetForm function rather than the resetForm option property. In
> > your success handler, once you've determined there is no logical error
> > you, can simply invoke:
> >
> > $('#myForm').resetForm();
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > On 8/29/07, Steve Finkelstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Is there a way I can stop resetForm: true from hitting when I deem
> >> something is invalid via server-side validation? For example, here's
> >> my ajaxForm object:
> >>
> >> $('#form2').ajaxForm(
> >> {
> >> target: '#container',
> >> type: 'post',
> >> resetForm: true,
> >> }
> >> );
> >>
> >> And on the server-side I have a very rudimentary validation:
> >>
> >> if($error_message)
> >> {
> >> echo $error_message;
> >> exit;
> >> }
> >>
> >> Is there anyway to tell ajaxForm when there is a logical error so
> >> that
> >> success: and resetForm: are not executed. I understand those
> >> parameters are there for successful AJAX responses, not logical
> >> errors. I'm just not sure how to stop the form from resetting when I
> >> have logical errors, however I do want this functionality to exist
> >> for
> >> the form is indeed error free.
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >>
> >> - sf
> >>
> >>
>
