Verifying password entry

Harshmellow · May 20, 2002

I need a script to verify if two entries are the same. I have textbox 1 which is for the password and textbox 2, for the password check. I generated the asp code with code charge, so if anyone know it, it would be better, but is not really necessary.

Thanks you all in advance,

HarshMEllow

Mighty · May 20, 2002

The best way to do this would be to use client side javascript validation before your form is submitted. You could do something like the following

.
.
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

function validate(form)
{
if (form.pass1.value != form.pass2.value) {
alert("Your passwords do not match - please reenter!&quot

;
form.pass1.value = '';
form.pass2.value = '';
form.pass1.focus();
return false;
}
return true;
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<FORM NAME="myForm" ACTION="myPage.asp" METHOD="POST" onSubmit="return validate(this)">
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="pass1">
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="pass2">
<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="Submit Form">
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>

The code is very rough but you should get the general idea! Mighty

Harshmellow · May 21, 2002

Thank you Mighty,

but I have some problem with were to put the code for it to work correctly. I don´t know if you know codecharge, but it saves two files, an asp onde, with the code, and a html template, which is where I suppose would go the javascript.
But, the problem that is, is that I can´t make ir work...

See the following:

<input type="hidden" value="insert" name="FormAction">
<input type="submit" value="Cadastrar" onclick="InserirDados.FormAction.value = 'insert';" onSubmit="return validate(this)">

Is it correct to put an "onSumit" and an "onClick" events this way... I think this may be the problem...

thank you, .: HarshMellow :. "Sperto ne estas tio, kio okazis al vi, sed estas tio, kion vi faras al tio, kio okazas al vi." (Aldous Huxley)

Ovatvvon · May 21, 2002

harshmellow,
are you saying that you don't have a form written on your page? example:

<FORM mothed='post' action='nextpage.asp'>
<input type="hidden" value="insert" name="FormAction">
<input type="submit" value="Cadastrar">
</form>

If you have the form, then within the form declaration, put the onSubmit command:

<FORM mothed='post' action='nextpage.asp' onSubmit="return validate(this)">

that will call the validate() function which you will put in the "head" of your document:

<html>
<head>
<title>My Form Page</title>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

function validate(form)
{
if (form.pass1.value != form.pass2.value) {
alert("Your passwords do not match - please reenter!&quot

;
form.pass1.value = '';
form.pass2.value = '';
form.pass1.focus();
return false;
}
return true;
}
</SCRIPT>
</head>
<body>

Just as Mighty showed you. Perhaps I just mis-understand you though? -Ovatvvon :-Q

Harshmellow · May 24, 2002

Thank you very much, it worked finally!

The problem was that I was not adding the onSubmit value to the proper location (the form tag), instead I was dumb enough to try and put this on the Insert/Send value field.

Thank you again!
.: HarshMellow :. "Sperto ne estas tio, kio okazis al vi, sed estas tio, kion vi faras al tio, kio okazas al vi." (Aldous Huxley)

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