Re: DB hit from ActionForm Validate method

It's not common practice to put business-data validation in the form beans validate method, since this belongs in the data object (or controller/service tier), so you should move that into the action class or data object classes, and then you can use the database to update and retrived login atte

Re: DB hit from ActionForm Validate method

The best thing is to think of the ActionForm as a data transfer object. As such, it shouldn't be accessing the data service itself, but simply carrying the data for others to use. The validate method is an apology to the web tier. The standard HTML controls will accept any String value you car

Re: DB hit from ActionForm Validate method

hope this helps, Mike - Original Message - From: "Cohan, Sean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Struts Users Mailing List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 9:19 AM Subject: DB hit from ActionForm Validate method > We need to i

Re: DB hit from ActionForm Validate method

Sean, -- My question is whether it is acceptable or common practice to > access the DB from the validate method or should DB access only be done in > the LogonAction class (which means I'd move the perform functionality to the > LogonAction class)? -- IMHO, the answer is: logins are DB functi

RE: DB hit from ActionForm Validate method

: 'Struts Users Mailing List' Subject: DB hit from ActionForm Validate method We need to implement '3 strikes and your out' functionality to our logon process. If the user is unsuccessful after 3 logon attempts, we disable their account. I put some of the user id / password

DB hit from ActionForm Validate method

We need to implement '3 strikes and your out' functionality to our logon process. If the user is unsuccessful after 3 logon attempts, we disable their account. I put some of the user id / password functionality in the validate method of the LogonForm class. However, in between each attempt, I n