* Simone Gianni <simo...@apache.org> wrote on [2009-02-03 17:25]: > Hi Edward, > the problem is in conversion, not in validation. When a form value is > filled by the user, it is a plain string. Then it arrives to Cocoon, > that parse the string to convert it to the proper type, for example a > date. After that conversion has been performed successfully, then > validation is performed on the obtained converted value, for example the > Date object. > > So, it is not possible to check the string value from a validator, > unless you are trying on a string field :)
That's what I figured when I started poking about, but I was hoping that the original user input was tucked away somewhere in the Widget. > You should be able to take the java source code of the date converter > from a recent 2.1.x version of Cocoon, a version that supports the > lenient attribute, and backport it to the 2.1.8 version. So I basically have to roll my own replacement "FormattingDateConvertor", which I can crib from a more recent version. > Hope this helps, > Simone Yes, thank you. Knowing that you can stop looking is a BIG help. Cheers, Ed Elhauge > Edward Elhauge wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I've run into a problem where my users want more detailed control over > >Date field validation. In the version that we're running (2.1.8) > >we don't have a "lenient" attribute for base="date" widgets. > > > >So the user can type in "33/60/9z" as a date, which get converted into > >"10/30/2011". Not what was expected. > > > >What I'd like would be to a small: > > <fd:validation> <fd:javascript> > > ... > > </fd:javascript> </fd:validation> > >section to throw an error in those cases. > > > >Unfortunately this.value inside that javascript callback is already in a > >Date format. > > > >My question is: > > How do I get access to the users original text input > > within the fd:validation section? > > > > If there is no way to get access to the raw text, do I need to write > > my own validator to replace "FormattingDateConvertor" ? > > > > > > > -- > Simone Gianni CEO Semeru s.r.l. Apache Committer > http://www.simonegianni.it/ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@cocoon.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@cocoon.apache.org ---end quoted text--- -- Edward Elhauge <e...@uncanny.net> "The right dose differentiates a poison and a remedy." -- Paracelsus (1493 - 1541) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@cocoon.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@cocoon.apache.org
