SOS! To validate if form field entered by user is validnumber (not a negative value)

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    Default SOS! To validate if form field entered by user is validnumber (not a negative value)

    Pls see my question as below...

    gclausen,

    This is actually a school assignment, which doesn't allow the use of
    Javascript. Anyone can help, pls...

    Regards.
    Design...desperate.



    Thank you so much for reading my question.

    Hi,

    I have a actionpage that allows update of information/price to my database.
    My form page consists of a price field(display in dollarformat) and I wanted
    to validate if the user has keyed in a negative price value.

    I have tried hidden type with name=price_range, value=MIN="0", but does not
    work. (Pls note: I have also declared hidden type _required, _float prior to
    the _range)

    But the funny thing is that another form field (of numeric value) has the same
    hidden type declaration (_required, _float, followed by_range) as the "price",
    and it works perfectly.

    My question is:
    Is the _range only applicable for numeric values? If it really does, then how
    should i go about validating my price (in currency)?
    Pls help me if you know.

    Millon thanks in advance.
    Regards,
    A novice in Coldfusion:confused



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    Edited: 05/23/2005 at 02:14:08 AM by design in progress

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    gclausen
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    05/23/2005 01:46:30 PM
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    Use the cfinput "onValidate" attribute to call a client side javascript
    function. Like this:
    <script language="JavaScript1.2">
    function isgtZero(oForm, oTag, dValue){
    var tmp = dValue.substring(1,99) - 0; // strip out the $ and convert to
    numeric datatype
    if( tmp > 0 ) return true; // else returns false
    }

    </script>
    <body>
    <cfform method="POST" action="cfform_action.cfm">
    <cfinput name="dollarField" onvalidate="isgtZero" message="Must be greater
    than zero" value="$400">
    <input type="Submit">
    </cfform>


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    Default Re: SOS! To validate if form field entered by user isvalid number (not a negative value)

    This should work.

    <input type="text" name="test"><br>
    <input type="hidden" name="test_required">
    <input type="hidden" name="test_range" value="min=0 max=10000">
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