Making Fields Compulsary

[thisismatt]

I have an ASP form that submits to itself, which searches a DB of archives emails. The results are displayed in a table.

I need to make two date fields mandatory now, preferably by using some VBScript in the ASP, rather than including JavaScript - as some users may have this turned off.

I've searched a few sites for how to do this, but I'm still in the dark then.

Would someone please be willing to guide me through how to do this, as it really confuses me!!

Many thanks
Matt

 

[ChrisHirst]

check the two fields for being empty then reshow form or process the form.

if (request.form("field") = "" or request.form("otherfield") = "") then
' reshow form with filled in fields

else
' process data and display

end if

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[thisismatt]

Chris,

Thanks for the reply - unfortunately it doesn't (to me) seem as simple as I'd like!

The page I already have is quite detailed with functions, et al, so I'm not wholly sure about adding in this extra bit.

I'd copy the code I have in here, but I think 440 lines of code is slightly excessive!!

 

[medic]

thisismatt,

...but I think 440 lines of code is slightly excessive!!

Good for you...you only have that much. One of my ASP files has more than 1500 lines of code, and it's also using the submit-to-itself style.

 

[thisismatt]

I don't suppose anyone's willing to have the code emailed to them and then make the amends, but showing me where they've made them?

 

[ChrisHirst]

use this and check the flag at relevant points

dim frmOK 
if (request.form("field") = "" or request.form("otherfield") = "") then
frmOK = True

else
frmOK = False

end if

conditional includes is the way to go.


Chris.

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http://www.cram-system.com

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