No, you should be able to do both. I was just saying that if you had counted on datePattern functionality, and you switch to datePatternStrict, you may get slightly different results as they are supposed to act slightly differently. :)
-Andy -----Original Message----- From: Brice Ruth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 11:08 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: Date validation problem? How exactly do I get server-side validation? Is this an XOR condition? Either javascript or server-side, but not both? Andy Schmidgall wrote: >The javascript should work, yes. I haven't tried this with serverside >validation though. DatePattern works (or is supposed to work) >differently than datePatternStrict, so be aware that if you were >counting on datePattern functionality serverside, it may not work as >you had expected. > >-Andy > >-----Original Message----- >From: Brice Ruth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 10:44 AM >To: Struts Users Mailing List >Subject: Re: Date validation problem? > > >Aha, so all I need to do is change "datePattern" to "datePatternStrict" >in my XML? > >Andy Schmidgall wrote: > > > >>datePattern doesn't work -- you must use datePatternStrict unless you >>modify the javascript validation function. >> >>This line is where the pattern is loaded: >> >>var datePattern = oDate[x][2]("datePatternStrict"); >> >>Notice that it's loading datePatternStrict instead of datePattern from >>the oDate object. The validation function completely ignores the >>datePattern var you defined in the xml. >> >>You're getting the error because it's trying to load from the >>datePatternStrict var which isn't defined, so the javascript >>datePattern var isn't a valid object. >> >>-Andy >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Brice Ruth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 9:55 AM >>To: Struts Users Mailing List >>Subject: Date validation problem? >> >> >>I'm testing the JavaScript validation for my form and noticed that the >>JavaScript generated to validate my date fields throws an error that I >>can see in Firebird's JavaScript console. Here's the error: >> >>datePattern has no properties >> >>and here's the line it occurs on: >> >>for (x in oDate) { >> >> var value = form[oDate[x][0]].value; >> >> var datePattern = oDate[x][2]("datePatternStrict"); >> >> >> >> >> >>>> if ((form[oDate[x][0]].type == 'text' || form[oDate[x][0]].type >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>== >> >> >> >> >>>>'textarea') && value.length > 0 && datePattern.length > 0) { >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> var MONTH = "MM"; >> >> var DAY = "dd"; >> >> var YEAR = "yyyy"; >> >> >>I can see that my date fields appear correctly in DateValidations(), >>here: >> >> function DateValidations () { >> >> this.aa = new Array("theStartDate", "Availability Start Date is >>not a valid date.", new Function ("varName", >>"this.datePattern='MM/dd/yy'; return this[varName];")); >> >> this.ab = new Array("theEndDate", "Availability End Date is not a >>valid date.", new Function ("varName", "this.datePattern='MM/dd/yy'; >>return this[varName];")); >> >> } >> >> >>And in my validation.xml file, the following is defined: >> >><field property="theStartDate" depends="required,date"> >> >> <arg0 key="form.orangeThumbApp.theStartDate"/> >> >> <var> >> >> <var-name>datePattern</var-name> >> >> <var-value>${defaultDate}</var-value> >> >> </var> >> >></field> >> >><field property="theEndDate" depends="required,date"> >> >> <arg0 key="form.orangeThumbApp.theEndDate"/> >> >> <var> >> >> <var-name>datePattern</var-name> >> >> <var-value>${defaultDate}</var-value> >> >> </var> >> >></field> >> >> >>Where ${defaultDate} is a global defined as: >> >><constant> >> >> <constant-name>defaultDate</constant-name> >> >> <constant-value>MM/dd/yy</constant-value> >> >></constant> >> >> >>From what I can see in DateValidations(), it looks like the var-value >>is being picked up correctly ... so, I'm at a bit of a loss on this. >>Is >> >> > > > >>this a know bug in Struts 1.1? >> >>Also, does using DynaValidatorForm with validation.xml and such *only* >>do JavaScript validation or is server-side validation performed as >> >> >well? > > >>It'd be a nice bonus to have server-side validation, to prevent >>corrupt or malicious submittals, but that may require a custom >>ActionForm?! >> >> >> >> > > > -- Brice D. Ruth Sr. IT Analyst Fiskars Brands, Inc. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
