Mandatory Fields using asp

[pepps]

Hi I have created a form in asp because i want all result to be stored in an
access database. HOw can i have it so that users have to fill in certain text
boxes and if they do not the form will not submit and they will be told what
they have to fill in Thanks John

[innovationlab]

I used the Yaromat download from the Exchange Extensions to do this.

One thing I figured out after a dozen attemps, you have to select the 'submit'
button and apply the behavior to it, not the field itself.

[bthouin]

John,

There are many examples of validation on the internet. Just Google "form
validation in ASP" or something like that, and you'll see a number of
answers. Basically, it involves calling a client-side script on the
submit action of the form. That script can check the input fields and
return with a "false" result when fields don't validate. It can also
highlight the fields in question.

You can also submit the form and check the fields for yourself with a
server-side script, and show the form again with all sorts of bells and
whistles for the fields that are not OK. After all, you decide when you
insert/update/delete in your DB, so you can do that when you've checked
that everything is honky dory.

And there are a number of DW extensions as well to do the same kind of job.

HTH
Bernard

pepps wrote:

> Hi I have created a form in asp because i want all result to be stored in an
> access database. HOw can i have it so that users have to fill in certain text
> boxes and if they do not the form will not submit and they will be told what
> they have to fill in Thanks John
>