CFGrid OnValidate Validation Applet Example

[prosetx]

Does anyone have a sample validation applet they could share? I am using cfgrid (non-flash) and need to validate a date field and a float field. I can't find any non-flash examples and I need to get this working ASAP. Thanks in advance.

[acoder]

See this link from the docs. If you get stuck, post your code.

[prosetx]

See this link from the docs. If you get stuck, post your code.

I'm using a very simple validation just to make sure I'm doing it correctly. When I display the value object in the js module, I get a complex value. Do I need to somehow parse that value in order to determine the row data? Also, when I display the field object, I only get [object]. Any lead you can give me will be greatly appreciated.

Coldfusion

						
<cfgrid name="TRGrid" query="grid" width="725" height="300" onchange="showSave();"
onvalidate="validateFields" 
rowheaders="yes" colheaders="yes" colheaderalign="center" colheaderbold="yes"
selectmode="edit" insert="yes" delete="yes" 
insertbutton="Add New Task" deletebutton="Delete Selected Task" >
	<cfgridcolumn name="CatDesc" header="Category" width="125" select="no">
	<cfgridcolumn name="TaskID" header="Task" width="250" values="#TaskIDList#" valuesdisplay="#TaskDescList#">
	<cfgridcolumn name="ActivityID" header="Activity" width="165" values="#ActIDList#" valuesdisplay="#ActDescList#">
	<cfgridcolumn name="ActivityDate" header="Date" width="75" dataalign="right" mask="mm/dd/yy" type="string_nocase">
	<cfgridcolumn name="Hours" header="Hours" width="65" dataalign="right" numberformat="00.00" type="numeric">
	<cfgridcolumn name="ID" display="no" width="100">
	<cfgridcolumn name="EmpID" display="no" header="Employee" width="100">
	<cfgridcolumn name="CategoryID" display="no" header="Category" width="100">
</cfgrid>

Javascript:

function validateFields(form, field, value) {
	//Check for date field
 	if (field == "ActivityDate") {
		if(value.length < 8) {
			alert("A date value is incorrect. Please enter the date as mm/dd/yy.");
			return false;
		}
		else {
			return true;
		}
	}
	//check for other fields here.
	else {
		return true;
		}
}

[acoder]

Just to confirm, this cfgrid is within a cfform?

[prosetx]

Just to confirm, this cfgrid is within a cfform?

Yes. The cfform contains a 2-column table: left side has some filtering links, right column displays the grid. I use a stored procedure to fill the grid and custom queries code to insert/delete/update the rows. Everything works great. Now I'm just trying to validate the date and hours columns.

[acoder]

When I display the value object in the js module, I get a complex value. Do I need to somehow parse that value in order to determine the row data? Also, when I display the field object, I only get [object].

Do you mean an alert here? You could try checking the HTML/JavaScript source to see what's passed through.

PS. I don't program with onValidate much.

[prosetx]

Do you mean an alert here? You could try checking the HTML/JavaScript source to see what's passed through.

PS. I don't program with onValidate much.

I just put an alert there for testing only. I did check the values being passed and the string is some type of concatenated list. I don't know if I'm suppose to parse it or use some special technique to determine the grid column and grid value being checked.

[acoder]

Can you show an example of a list that is passed?