Problem with Wildcards

[faiyth]

What I'm trying to do is validate an entry that a user types in. I'm trying to use wildcards but I'm not sure how. I want to make sure that no commas, double quotes, and single quotes are in the text entered by the user. My database statement can't handle those entries so I need to keep them out. How do I do it in Javascript in a ASP document? Also how do I check for double quotes? What do I wrap around them to have them be seen as double quotes?

function validate()
{
bugtitle=document.f_bugedit.Title
bugdesc=document.f_bugedit.Description
bugbf=document.f_bugedit.BuildFixed
bugbr=document.f_bugedit.BuildReported
If ((bugtitle="*,*&quot || (bugtitle="*'*&quot || (bugdesc="*,*&quot || (bugdesc="*'*&quot || (bugbf="*,*&quot || (bugbf="*'*&quot || (bugbr="*,*&quot || (bugbr="*'*&quot)
{
alert("Please do not use any single quotes, double quotes or comma characters in your bug report. Thanks!&quot
}
}

 

[BigBadDave]

you can escape double quotes eg. \" Regards

Big Bad Dave

davidbyng@hotmail.com

 

[ronsig]

Hey!

I think you can modify this function I'm using
Itll check every input field in the form named 'form1'

function ValidateFields()
{
for(var i=0;i<document.form1.elements.length;i++)
{
var v = document.form1.elements;
if (v.type=='text' || v.type=='password')
{
var p = (v.value).indexOf('<');
var len = (v.value).length;
if (p >= 0 && p<= len)
return ErrorAlert(v);
p = (v.value).indexOf(&quot;>&quot;
if (p >= 0 && p<= len)
return ErrorAlert(v);
p = (v.value).indexOf('#');
if (p >= 0 && p<= len)
return ErrorAlert(v);
p = (v.value).indexOf('&quot;');
if (p >= 0 && p<= len)
return ErrorAlert(v);
p = (v.value).indexOf(&quot;'&quot;
if (p >= 0 && p<= len)
return ErrorAlert(v);
}
}
return true;
}

function ErrorAlert(elem)
{
alert(&quot;This input field cannot contain the following characters:\n\t \\ < > ' # \&quot;&quot;
elem.focus();
return false;
}

Good luck
Ron