Re: date validate

["Raul A. Jager W." <raul@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree that the validation in the server is "duplicate" but I found it 
incredible how smart are the "dumb users".  Somehow they will manage to 
submit invalid info to your program, and you don't want a crash in a web 
application.  Using web you can not tell the users to "reply with C to 
continue".

Bill Meecham wrote:

> I agree.  To lessen network traffic as much validation as possible should be
> done in the browser so that each event is checked.  There are at least a
> couple of ways to do that.  One is with script, the other is to validate
> onblur or onchange with a form submit into an iFrame.  Using the latter, a
> common validation routine can verify that the input for the field is correct
> and respond to any errors as they're made instead of submitting the full
> form and then seeing every error on the form.
>
> Validation can be done on the server but I'd rather have it done as data is
> entered than validating every input on the form after submit.
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Raul A. Jager W. <mailto:raul@xxxxxxxxxx>  
> To: Midrange Systems Technical  <mailto:midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Discussion 
> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 2:43 PM
> Subject: Re: date validate
>
>
> I belive that validation *must* be made in the server, and it is very 
> convinient to do it also in the browser, javascript is an exelent tool 
> for that.  Also, javascript can help filling the form, suplying 
> reasonable defaults and offering dinamic options. BUT the validation in 
> the browser is easy to disable, so, it is mandatory to validate in the 
> server. 
>
> Michael_Schutte@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: 
>
>  
>
> > I'm out of touch with web-based programming, but I seem to recall that you 
> > can verify that the browser if java-scripted enabled before continuing. 
> > Again, don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting that you don't validate 
> > behind the scenes. 
> >
> > I was only pushing to use the functions that are made available to you 
> > instead of "re-inventing the wheel".  Nothing to do with design but to use 
> > the tools that are made available to you. 
> >
> > Michael Schutte 
> > Work 614-492-7419 
> > email  michael_schutte@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> >