[ic] Data validation using mv_click

[interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com (Tim Nelson)]

--- Bill Carr <bill@worldwideimpact.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 15:48, Tim Nelson wrote:
> > I've have a form that updates the a database
> > table just fine.  Now I want to be able
> > to validate some of the data using mv_click
> > (unless there is better way) like:
> > 
> > [set Check It]
> > 
> > .... validate the values ....
> > .... if bad data,  set an error in scratch
> >                    and push back to the same page
> > .... else 
> >          set mv_data_enable=1
> >          move on to value set in mv_nextpage
> > 
> > [/set]
> [set Check It]
> field1=required You need a value here
> field2=email You need a valid email address here
> [/set]
> 
> > 
> > <INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="mv_click" VALUE="Check
> It">
> <INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="mv_form_profile"
> VALUE="Check It">
> 
> See [error] tag for displaying errors.
> 
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> Bill Carr
> Worldwide Impact
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Thanks Bill, that heads me in the right direction...

I really need some more sophisticated validation
than that though. Can I get at the form [values]
at this point (to do some perl) to validate the
fields against other tables?  Can I trigger the
failure from perl? 
Thanks again.

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