I wish the solution was that easy - I tried your expression below and still no dice. Maybe it's something so small I can't see it? Does it have something to do with the fact that "reason" is a radio button that sets a String value?
Matt Eric Rank-2 wrote: > > Hi Matt, > > I tried out your scenario, and I think I found the problem. In my > test, it also validated when I left the friendEmail field blank. It > seems that the value of friendEmail is not null, but an empty string. > To solve the problem, I added another clause to check for String > length. After that, it triggered the field error as desired. This is > what worked for me. > > <validators> > <field name="friendEmail"> > <field-validator type="fieldexpression"> > reason == 'friend' and > friendEmail != null and friendEmail.trim().size() > 0 > <message>Please provide your friend's email</message> > </field-validator> > </field> > </validators> > > > Eric. > > > On Jul 19, 2007, at 10:40 AM, mraible wrote: > >> If you're right, I'd expect the following expression make friendEmail >> required when the "friend" reason is checked (it's a radio button): >> >> reason == 'friend' and friendEmail != null >> >> However, if I check friend and don't fill out the e-mail address, >> it still >> passes validation. Based on the error message I'm getting in my >> logs (see >> below), I'm guessing that I need to do some sort of "friendEmail != >> null" >> check, but I'm already doing that. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FieldExpressionValidator%3A-How-do-I-reference-field-names--tf4104715.html#a11699294 Sent from the Struts - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
