I assume that when the OTHER is selected, the id is ZERO or xox I
didn't know if that was cryptic or not.
// Check for zero option selection
if ( document.form[ 0 ].elements[ selectAdmin ].value == 0 ){
// Validate on OTHER admin info
} else {
// Validate on select box data
}
if (
(document.yourFormName.selectAdmin.selectedIndex == 0)
(
(document.yourFormName.theTextFieldName.value == ) ||
(document.yourFormName.theTextFieldEmail.value == )
)
)
{
alert('you did it all wrong!');
return false;
}
this assumes that the
Ben Nadel wrote:
if ( document.form[ 0 ].elements[ selectAdmin ].value == 0 ){
Select elements do not have a value property. Replace value with
selectedIndex (use this capitalization) and the above code should work
fine.
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Tel: (301) 942-5378
Fax: (301) 933-3651
That should be document.forms, you left of the 's'. :)
-Original Message-
From: Ben Nadel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 10:35 AM
I assume that when the OTHER is selected, the id is ZERO or xox I
didn't know if that was cryptic or not.
// Check
script language=javascript type=text/javascript
function validateForm()
{
var msg = '';
var isValid = true;
if(document.forms[0].selectAdmin.value == 'xox')
{
if (document.forms[0].adminName.value.length == 0)
{
Ben Nadel wrote:
if ( document.form[ 0 ].elements[ selectAdmin ].value == 0 ){
Select elements do not have a value property.
Actually, 'value' works as long as you give it the value from the form
instead of the index.
--
EMF idahopower.com made the following annotations.
If you are looking for client side validation, CFFORM/CFINPUT is your
friend. You don't need to know any javascript to use it, CF writes the
Javascript for you. Check the live- or quick-docs for specific usage.
If you are looking to make things a bit more fancy, you could throw an
onChange
Works fine for me.
..
Ben Nadel
Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer
www.bennadel.com
-Original Message-
From: Mosh Teitelbaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 12:42 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Tricky Form validation Question (for me at least
Ben,
I am pretty sure that select boxes do have a value attribute... Maybe
its not standard?
form
select onchange=alert( this.value );
option value=AONE/option
option value=BTWO/option
option value=CTHREE/option
/select
/form
Works fine
. Switzer, II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 1:08 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Tricky Form validation Question (for me at least)
Ben,
I am pretty sure that select boxes do have a value attribute... Maybe
its not standard?
form
select onchange=alert( this.value
Indeed, it works fine in Firefox as well.
-Original Message-
From: Ben Nadel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 11:11 AM
Hmmm. I don't do enough client-side stuff I suppose. I have never run
into a problem with it in IE or FireFox (that I can remember), but
.
..
Ben Nadel
Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer
www.bennadel.com
-Original Message-
From: Munson, Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 1:15 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Tricky Form validation Question (for me at least)
Indeed, it works fine in Firefox as well
.
..
Ben Nadel
Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer
www.bennadel.com
-Original Message-
From: Mosh Teitelbaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 12:42 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Tricky Form validation Question (for me at least)
Ben
for me.
..
Ben Nadel
Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer
www.bennadel.com
-Original Message-
From: Mosh Teitelbaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 12:42 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Tricky Form validation Question (for me at least
for me.
-Original Message-
From: Bobby Hartsfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 1:53 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Tricky Form validation Question (for me at least)
I've always used the options array as well but recently have been using
value with no problems
Ben Nadel wrote:
I am pretty sure that select boxes do have a value attribute... Maybe
its not standard?
Ben:
As of the 1.5 standard, I don't believe JavaScript (ECMAScript, whatever)
included a value property for form elements. As others have said, I've
always used selectedIndex on the
If anyone decides to do some more testing on this, I'd be
interested in
knowing if the form element's value is read/write or read
only. I would
suspect that it's read only but it would be interesting to
find out what
happens if you try to write to the property.
I just tested this, and
As of the 1.5 standard, I don't believe JavaScript
(ECMAScript, whatever) included a value property for form
elements.
Well, strictly speaking, this isn't a JavaScript thing as much as an HTML
DOM thing. It's up to the DOM to specify what's what in the browser. In the
case of SELECT fields:
Munson, Jacob wrote:
I just tested this, and in both Firefox 1.5 and IE 6, you can change the
selected value in a select box by setting the value property:
document.forms[0].elements[selectAdmin].value = 'item2'
And the GUI updates to reflect the change? What happens if you try to set
it to a
Yes, the GUI updates, in both Firefox and IE. Setting the value to an
invalid option is just ignored in Firefox, but in IE the select list is
set to blank (nothing selected).
-Original Message-
From: Mosh Teitelbaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 1:16 PM
Munson, Jacob wrote:
Yes, the GUI updates, in both Firefox and IE. Setting the value to an
invalid option is just ignored in Firefox, but in IE the select list is
set to blank (nothing selected).
Interesting. Thanks for the update.
--
Mosh Teitelbaum
evoch, LLC
Tel: (301) 942-5378
Fax:
Dave Watts wrote:
Well, strictly speaking, this isn't a JavaScript thing as much as an HTML
DOM thing. It's up to the DOM to specify what's what in the
browser. In the case of SELECT fields:
Right... and actually, as I suggested in a subsequent paragraph, the value
property may have been added
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