Nate Wiger | 5 Mar 04:02

Re: [FormBuilder] requiring any of several fields

On 3/4/07, Ryan Tate <lists <at> ryantate.com> wrote:
> On 3/3/07, Nate Wiger <nwiger <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> > Have you tried using the FormBuilder Data::FormValidator support?
>
> No, I had not! Thanks for the pointer. I see now this case (requiring
> any one of several fields) is cited specifically in the docs, sorry
> for missing it.
>
> So if I pass a D::FV obj as the validate argument to
> CGI::FormBuilder->new, will the additional validation I set up for
> various fields still work? ie can I still do
> $form->field(name=>'email',required=>1,validate=>'EMAIL');
> ? Or do I have to do everything through the D::FV object?

You have to use the D::FV object for everything, but FB does bridge
the gap by automatically detecting invalid fields/etc. So you can set
messages, but not validations thru field()

-Nate
_______________________________________________
FBusers mailing list
FBusers <at> formbuilder.org
http://www.formbuilder.org/mailman/listinfo/fbusers


Gmane