--- David White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for the comments. I have a few follow-ups
> interspersed with your
> responses below...
>
> David
>
> Ryan Cornia wrote:
> >
> > Yes, it works great.
> >
> > A couple of things to check -
> >
> > 1.) In the JSP page that is your form, make sure
> you have -
> >
> > <html:form action="/myAction" onsubmit="return
> validateMyExampleForm(this);">
> >
> > the onsubmit piece is what causes the validation.
>
> Isn't this required only for client-side validation
> via Javascript? For
> example, Right now, I am simply stating that I want
> the required check
> to be performed. In the valiation.xml file for this,
> there appears to be
> both a java (server-side) mechanism and a javascript
> (client-side)
> mechanism. I am not sure that we can count on
> javascript so I was
> focused on the server-side.
This is only if you want to do client side validation
with JavaScript.
>
> >
> > 2.) At the bottom of the JSP form, set the form
> name so the validator know what is being validated -
> > <validator:javascript formName="MyExampleForm"/>
>
> See my note above.
>
> >
> > Other than that, you should be set.
> >
> > Ryan
>
> Thanks Ryan.
>
> >
> > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/10/01 01:33PM >>>
> > I have a small and simple web app that I have
> working with vanilla
> > struts. I am trying to incorporate the struts
> validator mechanism by
> > converting just one form. To do so, I have done
> the following:
> >
> > Placed the Struts_Validator-20010702.jar
> into the web app's lib dir.
> >
> > Place the jakarta-regexp-1.2.jar into the
> web app's lib dir.
> >
> > Place the struts-validator.tld into the
> web app's WEB-INF dir
> > (along with the struts tag lib files).
> >
> > Copy the example validation.xml file into
> the web app's WEB-INF
> > dir. Removed all but one form from the default (no
> locale) formset.
> > Edited each field so that it depends on "require"
> only. Removed all the
> > localized formsets.
> >
> > Cut & paste from the validator servlet
> definition from the
> > example web.xml into mine. Changed the taglib
> reference for the
> > validator taglib (no tld durectory).
> >
> > Changed the jsp to use the
> validator:errorsExist tag in place of
> > the struts errors tag. Added the validator tag lib
> to the page.
> >
> > Changed the form class so that it extends
> ValidatorForm rather
> > than struts ActionForm. Commented out my
> previously coded validate()
> > method in the form class.
> >
> > In the form's action class, remove the
> check for errors in the
> > perform() method.
> >
> > Added validate="true" to the form's action
> in the struts-config.xml
> > file.
> >
> > When I submit the page with empty fields, no
> errors are reported and the
> > form's action just marches merrily along
> forwarding to the next jsp
> > which fails because parameters are empty. I have
> looked and tried again
> > and again with no luck. Before I give up, I
> thought I'd ask for help
> > here. Any ideas as to what I am missing?
> >
> > Thanks In Advance,
> >
> > David
> > Seattle
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