Date validations - Rookie here 1

[JohnShell]

Hi,

Got input boxes for begin and end dates - using JQuery for date picker calendar for each. Need to validate 2 things - 1 is that end date is => than begin date, 2 is that user enters date into begin date rather than just numbers.
I got date picker JQuery from another office where I work and can not change their parameters or code. So my input boxes allow for date picker selection or manual data entry.
The end date input box can be empty if user only inputting one day for begin date and not a range.
Also have 3 more begin/end date input box sets which are not visible until user clicks "Add Row" button - one click, one set added. Want to insure if user added row and input date then removed row (clicked "Remove Row" button) that the data entered is removed and not inserted into database.

Thanks for any help - John

 

[ggriffit]

john,
can you post the code that you already have for this ?

I'd suggest you take a look at

http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_obj_date.asp

and

http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_obj_date.asp

which cover date functions, so you should be able to convert both textbox values to Date objects, handling errors if they don't convert, and then compare them as you need to.

Greg Griffiths
Livelink Certified Developer & ECM Global Star Champion 2005 & 2006

http://www.greggriffiths.org/livelink/

 

[JohnShell]

Mr. Griffiths,

I am looking at the W3schools information and tutorials. That will take a little time to decipher.
Appreciate the reference.

John

 

[ggriffit]

john,
happy to help, if you have some sample code and test data you can post here, am sure we will be happy to review and tweak your solution.

Greg Griffiths
Livelink Certified Developer & ECM Global Star Champion 2005 & 2006

http://www.greggriffiths.org/livelink/

 

[JohnShell]

Thank you, sir, for your offer. However, got the js code to validate and compare dates and am now posting it to coldfusion onsubmit where it will notify users of any errors in their entry/ies.