How do I verify pre-submit 1

[lakeside12]

Hello

I have a form and it has a submit button as follows

<a href="javascript:document.forms[0].submit()"> ... url >

Is there a way to do a test on 2 form fields when the consumer clicks or hovers the mouse over the button, without leaving the form to process all the information.

I want to test 2 fields, one called Zipcode the other FName and I just want to make sure zip code has 5 numbers in it and Name is longer than 1 character. I just want a popup OK box that tells them to fill in the fields.

I would appreciate help on this as I am a novice at javascript

many thanks

 

[feherke]

Hi

I would use an [tt]input[/tt] of [tt]type="submit"[/tt] to submit that [tt]form[/tt]. Links were invented for other reasons.

Anyway, to check the [tt]form[/tt] before submitting just set an [tt]onsubmit[/tt] event handler :

[b]<form[/b] [maroon]action[/maroon][teal]=[/teal][green][i]"whatever"[/i][/green] [highlight][maroon]onsubmit[/maroon][teal]=[/teal][green][i]"return checkme(this)"[/i][/green][/highlight][b]>[/b]
[gray]<!-- ... -->[/gray]
[b]</form>[/b]

[b]function[/b] [COLOR=darkgoldenrod]checkme[/color][teal]([/teal]what[teal])[/teal]
[teal]{[/teal]
  [b]var[/b] err[teal]=[/teal][green][i]''[/i][/green]
  [b]if[/b] [teal](![/teal]what[teal].[/teal]Zipcode[teal].[/teal]value[teal].[/teal][COLOR=darkgoldenrod]match[/color][teal]([/teal][fuchsia]/^[0-9]{5}$/[/fuchsia][teal]))[/teal] err[teal]+=[/teal][green][i]'[/i][/green][lime][i]\n[/i][/lime][green][i] - zip code must contain 5 digits'[/i][/green]
  [b]if[/b] [teal](![/teal]what[teal].[/teal]FName[teal].[/teal]value[teal].[/teal]length[teal])[/teal] err[teal]+=[/teal][green][i]'[/i][/green][lime][i]\n[/i][/lime][green][i] - first name must be completed'[/i][/green]
  [b]if[/b] [teal]([/teal]err[teal])[/teal] [COLOR=darkgoldenrod]alert[/color][teal]([/teal][green][i]'Errors occured :'[/i][/green][teal]+[/teal]err[teal])[/teal]
  [b]return[/b] err[teal]==[/teal][green][i]''[/i][/green]
[teal]}[/teal]

Feherke.

http://free.rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[LyndonOHRC]

Feherke, my compliments. I love your approach to data validation. This is what I am working on today.

I would like to ask a question about the match function.

How could I modify this regular expression to check that the input has "at least" five digits?

Thanks.

Lyndon

---People Remember about 10% of what you say ---They never forget how you made them feel. Covey

 

[feherke]

Hi

How could I modify this regular expression to check that the input has "at least" five digits?

[tt]{n} Match exactly n times
{n,} Match at least n times
{n,m} Match at least n but not more than m times[/tt]

( perlre | Regular Expressions | Quantifiers )

Feherke.

http://free.rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[lakeside12]

Thank you ever so much for the info on this worked perfectly

YOU ARE AMAZING
THANK YOU!!!!