>From http://struts.apache.org/1.2.4/userGuide/dev_validator.html
* minlength - validate input data isn't less than a specified minimum length. Requires a minlength variable. <field property="name" depends="required,minlength"> <arg0 key="customer.name"/> <arg1 name="minlength" key="${var:minlength}" resource="false"/> <var><var-name>minlength</var-name><var-value>3</var-value></var> </field> So, it's a colon there. Dave On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Maithily <maithily.koh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yeah, it renders as you have said. > > I have declared the var as per the struts validator documents. > > <field property="password" depends="required,minlength"> > <arg position="0" key="LoginForm.password"/> > <arg position="1" name="minlength" key="${var.minlength}" > resource="false"/> > <var> > <var-name>minlength</var-name> > <var-value>6</var-value> > </var> > </field> > > I also tried this configuring it like this - > > <field property="password" depends="required,minlength"> > <arg0 key="LoginForm.password"/> > <arg1 name="minlength" key="${var.minlength}" > resource="false"/> > <var> > <var-name>minlength</var-name> > <var-value>6</var-value> > </var> > </field> > > None of them seem to work for me. Could any lib file be missing which is not > able to interpret teh ${...} expression? > > > > On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Dave Newton <davelnew...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Oh, you're saying that the error message *renders* as "... less than >> ${var.minlength} characters"? >> >> What happens when you declare the var as ${var:minlength} as in the docs? >> >> Dave >> >> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Maithily <maithily.koh...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Thanks for the reply Dave. >> > >> > The default error message configured as follows >> > errors.minlength={0} can not be less than {1} characters. >> > >> > Regards, >> > Maithily >> > >> > On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Dave Newton <davelnew...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> >> {1} like the default message. >> >> >> >> Dave >> >> On Jun 27, 2011 3:14 AM, "Maithily" <maithily.koh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> >> > >> >> > I am new to this mailing list and am facing a problem using the >> >> "minlength" >> >> > field validation provided by the Struts Validation Framework. >> >> > Struts version - 1.2.4 >> >> > Application Server - Apache Tomcat (5.5) >> >> > >> >> > I have configured the following in my validation.xml file - >> >> > >> >> > <field property="password" depends="required,minlength"> >> >> > <arg position="0" key="LoginForm.password"/> >> >> > <arg position="1" name="minlength" key="${var.minlength}" >> >> > resource="false"/> >> >> > <var> >> >> > <var-name>minlength</var-name> >> >> > <var-value>6</var-value> >> >> > </var> >> >> > </field> >> >> > >> >> > However, the value of the minlength variable is not being substituted >> in >> >> > the error message and the following is displayed when the validation >> >> fails >> >> - >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Password can not be less than ${var.minlength} characters. >> >> > >> >> > I have searched through the mailing list archives but could not find a >> >> > solution. Pl. advise what could go wrong. >> >> > >> >> > Thanks and Regards, >> >> > Maithily. >> >> >> > >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org