"length" and "action" should be avoided as input names, yes. John has
some recent details on that: http://ejohn.org/blog/deadly-expandos/

Jörn

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Thanks - and indeed.
>
> I managed to isolate the problem down to
>
> <select name="length">
>  ..
> </select>
>
> and if I change this to
>
> <select name="lengthYears">
>  ..
> </select>
>
> then validation happens as I would expect.  Is 'length' an invalid
> name for a form element in this context?
>
> Thanks
>
> Michael
>
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Jörn Zaefferer
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Yes, thats right. Usually the process of extracting already reveals
>> the problem to the extractor...
>>
>> Jörn
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 9:05 PM, Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've added some validate() calls now.  I assumed that this wasn't
>>> necessary when I explicitly call valid() but perhaps I've got that
>>> wrong.  Anyways, it doesn't appear to have changed things.  The valid
>>> call on the second form is always returning true (for IE), even if the
>>> required fields are empty.  On Firefox it's doing the right thing.
>>>
>>> When you say extract a testpage, what do you mean?  Remove as much
>>> from the page as possible whilst keeping the problem?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Jörn Zaefferer
>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>> I see the "valid" calls in your code, but none where you actually
>>>> initialize the validation via $(...).validate().
>>>>
>>>> Could you extract a testpage?
>>>>
>>>> Jörn
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 4:48 PM, Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi there
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm having trouble getting the Validation plug in to work on this page
>>>>>
>>>>> http://dev2.savingforchildren.co.uk/mjs/health/index.epl
>>>>>
>>>>> I have two forms - the second one appears when the first one is
>>>>> successfully completed.
>>>>>
>>>>> The first form validates correctly (you only need to choose a day,
>>>>> month and year from the dropdowns)
>>>>>
>>>>> However, when using IE no validation is applied to the second form (ie
>>>>> you can leave the whole page blank and it is accepted).  Firefox works
>>>>> fine
>>>>>
>>>>> Any help much apprecited
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Michael
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

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