I have indeed looked at that. Is there a way to customize the resulting error message?
yes, you can load a message bundle and redefine the default error messages
http://jsffaq.com/Wiki.jsp?ptitle=How+can+I+override+the+default+validation+messages%3F&page=HowCanIOverrideTheDefaultValidationMessages 2006/10/25, monkeyden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Dennis Byrne wrote: > > Hello monkeyden, > > You may want to look at the 'required' attribute for the JSF tag you are > using. > > Dennis Byrne > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: monkeyden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:23 AM >>To: users@myfaces.apache.org >>Subject: So let me get this straight.... >> >> >>Based on what I've read on this forum, which happens to be a very valuable >>resource of mine, I find this to be true (corerect me if I'm wrong and >>please excuse my fledgling knowledge of JSF): >> >>You cannot use a validator to do null value validation on a field, because >>JSF doesn't call the validator if there is no value to validate. As a >>result, you cannot print custom error messages on the client, unless of >>course you validate in the backing bean. >>-- >>View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/So-let-me-get-this-straight....-tf2507926.html#a6993052 >>Sent from the MyFaces - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> > > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/So-let-me-get-this-straight....-tf2507926.html#a6993410 Sent from the MyFaces - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.