Re: cfselect required='yes' is useless....
Write your own javascript to validate the select box. The problem is that with a "single" select box there is always something selected. Using a multi-select box, the validation in CFFORM works just fine. You used to be able to modify the javascript that CFFORM used, but that changed with 4.0x. DC - Original Message - From: "Jeremy Castonguay" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "CF-Talk" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 09:23 Subject: cfselect required='yes' is useless cfselect What were they thinking. Pardon me if I am just being ignorant but the "Required='yes'" attribute is completely useless. When the query values are inserted there is no way to default the select box to null, therefore there is no way to "not" select a value... Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks Jeremy Castonguay Sr. Web Developer eCopy Inc. ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: cfselect required='yes' is useless....
cfselect name="fiscalyr" size="1" query="queryname" message="Your Are Required to Enter A Fiscal Year" required="Yes" option value="" selected/option /cfselect I use the above example all the time for the scenario you described below. Steven Semrau SRA International, Inc. Senior Member, Professional Staff [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Com: (703) 805-1095 DSN: (703) 655-1095 -Original Message- From: Jeremy Castonguay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 9:23 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: cfselect required='yes' is useless cfselect What were they thinking. Pardon me if I am just being ignorant but the "Required='yes'" attribute is completely useless. When the query values are inserted there is no way to default the select box to null, therefore there is no way to "not" select a value... Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks Jeremy Castonguay Sr. Web Developer eCopy Inc. ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: cfselect required='yes' is useless....
Well no offense, think about what you just stated. Using the Required="Yes" function means You REQUIRE a value thus the field will never be NULL. Thus why would you want a NULL value or NOT Select an item in the select. If you want a case where a user does not have to select a field within the select simply use: Required="No" The Required="Yes" allows a JavaScript message to display when the USER has not selected anything from that box. I think it is useful given the situation. -Original Message- From: Jeremy Castonguay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 9:23 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: cfselect required='yes' is useless cfselect What were they thinking. Pardon me if I am just being ignorant but the "Required='yes'" attribute is completely useless. When the query values are inserted there is no way to default the select box to null, therefore there is no way to "not" select a value... Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks Jeremy Castonguay Sr. Web Developer eCopy Inc. ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: cfselect required='yes' is useless....
It's only useless on a select box with a size of 1. On a select box with a size greater then 1, it works fine, and is useful. What you could do, is crib the CFSELECT validation Javascript, add in your own code for Single Size Selects, and hook it up to the CFFORM validation routine, and just use a SELECT and loop over your OPTIONS instead of using a CFSELECT. Jeremy Castonguay wrote: cfselect What were they thinking. Pardon me if I am just being ignorant but the "Required='yes'" attribute is completely useless. When the query values are inserted there is no way to default the select box to null, therefore there is no way to "not" select a value... Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks Jeremy Castonguay Sr. Web Developer eCopy Inc. ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: cfselect required='yes' is useless....
The issue is that the idea is to force a selection, ie: an entry that has a value. Most of us use a "blank" option to start with as you show. Unfortunately the cfselect produced javascript does not properly handle this issue. In a single select box something is always selected. Dave - Original Message - From: "Semrau, Steven L Mr SRA" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "CF-Talk" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 09:38 Subject: RE: cfselect required='yes' is useless cfselect name="fiscalyr" size="1" query="queryname" message="Your Are Required to Enter A Fiscal Year" required="Yes" option value="" selected/option /cfselect I use the above example all the time for the scenario you described below. Steven Semrau SRA International, Inc. Senior Member, Professional Staff [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Com: (703) 805-1095 DSN: (703) 655-1095 -Original Message- From: Jeremy Castonguay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 9:23 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: cfselect required='yes' is useless cfselect What were they thinking. Pardon me if I am just being ignorant but the "Required='yes'" attribute is completely useless. When the query values are inserted there is no way to default the select box to null, therefore there is no way to "not" select a value... Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks Jeremy Castonguay Sr. Web Developer eCopy Inc. ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: cfselect required='yes' is useless....
Thats the ticket, thanks for the code... -Original Message- From: Semrau, Steven L Mr SRA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 9:38 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: cfselect required='yes' is useless cfselect name="fiscalyr" size="1" query="queryname" message="Your Are Required to Enter A Fiscal Year" required="Yes" option value="" selected/option /cfselect I use the above example all the time for the scenario you described below. Steven Semrau SRA International, Inc. Senior Member, Professional Staff [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Com: (703) 805-1095 DSN: (703) 655-1095 -Original Message- From: Jeremy Castonguay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 9:23 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: cfselect required='yes' is useless cfselect What were they thinking. Pardon me if I am just being ignorant but the "Required='yes'" attribute is completely useless. When the query values are inserted there is no way to default the select box to null, therefore there is no way to "not" select a value... Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks Jeremy Castonguay Sr. Web Developer eCopy Inc. ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: cfselect required='yes' is useless....
Anytime, glad I could provide a little help. Steven Semrau SRA International, Inc. Senior Member, Professional Staff [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Com: (703) 805-1095 DSN: (703) 655-1095 -Original Message- From: Jeremy Castonguay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 12:26 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: cfselect required='yes' is useless Thats the ticket, thanks for the code... -Original Message- From: Semrau, Steven L Mr SRA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 9:38 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: cfselect required='yes' is useless cfselect name="fiscalyr" size="1" query="queryname" message="Your Are Required to Enter A Fiscal Year" required="Yes" option value="" selected/option /cfselect I use the above example all the time for the scenario you described below. Steven Semrau SRA International, Inc. Senior Member, Professional Staff [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Com: (703) 805-1095 DSN: (703) 655-1095 -Original Message- From: Jeremy Castonguay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 9:23 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: cfselect required='yes' is useless cfselect What were they thinking. Pardon me if I am just being ignorant but the "Required='yes'" attribute is completely useless. When the query values are inserted there is no way to default the select box to null, therefore there is no way to "not" select a value... Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks Jeremy Castonguay Sr. Web Developer eCopy Inc. ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
