Validating Web input using a schema

[Kalisto]

OK, this is (hopefully) going to be my last question for a while, I need to make some serious code changes now.

Is there any way of extracting the rules defined in a schema, and using them in a xhtml page for validating user input?

(e.g. in my schema I have a string for validating an email address, can I get a schema fragment via script adn send my parameter to it to check it, or do I have to duplicate what is in the schema within script, thus creating 2 places that code needs to be modified from?

Thanks

K

 

[JontyMC]

XForms is the future of web forms, but unfortunately at the moment you need a (free) download to be able to use it with IE. You can get (one version of) this from:

http://developer.novell.com/xforms/

XForms allows you to use XML as input and output to your form and validate it against a schema. It has all the functionality of regular HTML forms and much, much more. I'd recommend you look into it. A good starting point (as always) is:

http://www.w3schools.com/xforms/default.asp

The major downside is anyone wanting to view your page will have to download it as well.

If you don't want to go this far, your only option is to duplicate the schema in script form.

If you need any more help, just shout.

Jon

 

[Kalisto]

Thanks, but the requirements for this are low level, with a non it literate base, so it looks like js it is for now, thanks again

K