--- "Mainguy, Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The short answer is, you cannot always depend on javascript.  There is a
> small percentage (Probably less than 1% I would expect) of users who
> either
> disable javascript or don't have it in their browser (e.g. lynx).  

Don't forget the hackers that don't use a browser at all.  It's trivial to
write a program that submits a web form and bypass all of the javascript. 
They can enter any data they like without proper server side validations.

David

> In
> these
> cases you will have no validation.  Also there are differences between
> how
> each browser handles the DOM and javascript in general.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Madhu Nair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 2:33 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Why would I want to use the ActionForm validate() method
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
>  Why would I want to use the Struts ActionForm validate() method when I
> can
>  achieve the same functionality using Javascript? I assume that the user
> would never disable javascript.
> 
>  Regards ,
>  Madhu
> 
> 
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